State v. Beebe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

John E. Beebe appeals his jury trial convictions of first-degree murder (K.S.A. 21-3401), and of aggravated kidnapping (K.S.A. 21-3421).

From the evidence at trial, the facts underlying these brutal and senseless crimes may be summarized as follows. On the evening of January 1, 1987, Lawrence Leland Capps left his mother’s home in Andover to do his laundry. Mr. Capps was eighteen years old. He stopped at a friend’s apartment in Augusta and stayed there from 9:00 p.m. until after midnight. He returned to the apartment shortly after his…