State v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, C.J.:

This is an appeal in a criminal action from a jury verdict which found James E. Baker (defendant-appellant) guilty of felony murder (K.S.A. 21-3401). The appellant asserts several errors on appeal.

This is the second appeal by the appellant, whose original conviction of felony murder was reversed by this court in State v. Baker, 224 Kan. 474, 580 P.2d 90 (1978). A second trial of the appellant resulted in a hung jury and mistrial. The felony-murder conviction now on appeal is the product of the third trial.

The facts of this crime were…