State v. Higdon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, C.J.:

This is an appeal in a criminal action from a jury verdict which found Calvin Bruce Higdon (defendant-appellant) guilty of one count of felony murder (K.S.A. 21-3401), one count of aggravated kidnapping (K.S.A. 21-3421), one count of aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3427), and one count of rape (K.S.A. 21-3502).

The appellant contends the trial court erred in admitting his confession and in refusing to instruct on the lesser included offense of simple kidnapping. He also questions whether venue and the corpus delicti of the crime of rape…