State v. Willcox

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

Leroy L. Willcox was acquitted in a jury trial of two counts of murder in the second degree (K.S.A. 21-3402). The State brings this appeal therefrom on four questions reserved.

In State v. Holland, 236 Kan. 840, 696 P.2d 401 (1985), we iterated the general rules relative to appeals on questions reserved as follows:

“It has long been the rule of this court that questions reserved by the State in a criminal prosecution will not be entertained on appeal merely to demonstrate whether or not error has been committed by the trial court in its…