State v. Ordway

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.:

Kim Ordway asserted an insanity defense to charges of first-degree murder and theft in the deaths of his parents and the theft of their automobile. The jury found him guilty of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of felony theft. Ordway appeals his convictions.

Betty and Clarence Ordway lived approximately a mile west of Stockton, Kansas. On Saturday evening, November 20, 1993, in response to a call from the Ordways’ nieces, a sheriff’s officer went to the Ordway house. Investigation disclosed drag marks leading to the garage…