State v. Churchill

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

Ronald D. Churchill was convicted by a jury in Johnson District Court of murder in the first degree, K.S.A. 21-3401. He appeals, raising a number of issues, most of which challenge the propriety of the admission of evidence.

On January 30, 1980, Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Hailing, with their three children, lived in a second floor unit of the Oak Park apartment complex in Lenexa, Kansas. Mr. Hailing left for work at a local bottling company at 4:30 o’clock that morning; a friend, David Stevens, who was staying with the Hallings, left the apartment…