State v. Robinson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Jerry Lee Robinson, from a jury conviction for depraved heart second-degree murder in violation of K.S.A. 21-3402(b). Robinson was 14 years of age when he killed Clyde Richard Crowley by striking him in the head with a golf club.

Robinson contends the depraved heart second-degree murder statute is unconstitutionally vague; that the evidence is insufficient to prove depraved heart murder; that he was entitled to a voluntary manslaughter instruction; that his confession was inadmissible, and that the…