State v. White

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, J.:

A jury convicted Bobby Bruce White of first-degree premeditated murder for the shooting death of his son-in-law, and the district court sentenced him to a hard 25 life sentence. He appeals pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3601(b)(1) (conviction of off-grid crime).

The issues on appeal, and this court’s accompanying holdings, are as follows:

1. Did the district court violate White’s due process right to present his defense by refusing to allow White’s expert to testify, by failing to instruct the jury regarding the defense of mental disease or defect, and…