State v. Minor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is an appeal by Samuel Minor from a jury conviction of felony murder (K.S.A. 21-3401) resulting from a shooting incident in Kansas City.

On October 17, 1979, around 1:30 a.m. the defendant was standing outside L. D. Fant’s restaurant in Kansas City. Nobles Shuford drove up in a 1974 gold Cadillac and asked the defendant where he could find a prostitute. Defendant volunteered to go with Shuford to an area in Kansas City, Missouri, and assist him in his quest. They were unsuccessful and the two men returned to the restaurant where they met…