State v. McKibben

The opinion of the court was delivered by

• Schroeder, C.J.:

The defendant, Lonnie Stewart McKibben, appeals from his conviction by a Saline County, Kansas, jury of second-degree murder. Issues asserted on appeal are whether the trial court erred in denying various pretrial motions made by the defendant, whether certain evidence concerning the victim should have been admitted at trial, whether the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel, and whether the evidence is sufficient to support the defendant’s conviction.

A fifteen-year-old girl, Sheleen McClain, was found at approximately…