State v. Pham

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

Defendants Thanh Van Pham, Cau Tran and Ngan Van Pham were convicted in a joint jury trial of two counts of first-degree murder (K.S.A. 21-3401). Each defendant has appealed his conviction and said appeals have been consolidated.

On the evening of June 12, 1982, two Vietnamese men, Den Nguyen and Phong Vihn Thanh Tran were seated at a table in a crowded social club known as the Vietnamese Center which was located at 21st and Arkansas in Wichita, Kansas. According to eyewitnesses the three defendants came into the Vietnamese Center and sat…