State v. Worrell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This is an interlocutory appeal by the State, pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3603, challenging the propriety of the district court’s order suppressing evidence seized during the execution of a search warrant.

The general background facts are as follows. On June 22, 1982, Ronald Yadon was killed near his home in Johnson County by a hidden assailant. He was shot six times with .22 caliber bullets. His stepson, Robert Steven Binford, was shot once in the leg but escaped by running from the ambush scene. Five slugs were removed from Yadon’s body during…