State v. McClanahan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Defendant appeals his second conviction for first-degree murder and claims that the trial court abused its discretion in denying a motion for a mistrial following the State’s improper cross-examination.

Roy C. McClanahan was convicted by jury in 1992 of premeditated first-degree murder in the shooting death of Michael Martin. In State v. McClanahan, 254 Kan. 104, 865 P.2d 1021 (1993), this court reversed McClanaharis conviction, holding that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of second-degree…