State v. Cady

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

This is a direct appeal of a conviction of murder in the first degree, after the first conviction had been reversed by this court in State v. Cady, 248 Kan. 743, 811 P.2d 1130 (1991) (Cady I). On appeal, defendant claims that double jeopardy barred retrial and there was not substantial competent evidence to support the finding his confession was made knowingly and voluntarily.

The first trial

Cady, 16 years old at the time of the offense, stabbed and killed his girlfriend. Cady turned himself in, waived his Miranda rights, and made several…