State v. Murillo

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Ricardo Gomez Murillo, from his convictions of premeditated first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and three counts of aggravated assault, as well as discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. He received a hard 40 sentence for the first-degree murder conviction.

The victim was Delfino Moya. When we view the facts as we are required to view them, the following facts emerge.

Jose Moya, Delfino’s brother, was at his house in Emporia, Kansas, along with his wife Theresa and their eight children…