State v. Allen

Meyer, J.:

Lee R. Allen (appellant) was convicted by a jury of the crime of aggravated battery (K.S.A. 21-3414). The incident giving rise to appellant’s arrest was the stabbing of one Brad Beach at a highway rest area. A State’s witness who had been granted immunity from prosecution stated that he was at the rest area with appellant and another man and that appellant stabbed Beach. Appellant, on the other hand, testified that he did not stab Beach; that he stopped at the rest area to sleep. Appellant stated that the State’s witness got out of the vehicle, came back a short time later in an…