State v. Seacat

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rosen, J.:

Brett T. Seacat takes this direct appeal from his conviction by a jury of one count of first-degree premeditated murder, one count of aggravated arson, and two counts of aggravated endangerment of a child. Finding no error on the part of the trial court, we affirm.

In April 2011, Seacat lived with his wife, Vashti, and their two sons in their house in Kingman, Kansas. Seacat was employed at the *623time as a police instructor at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center. He had previously worked for the Sedgwick County Sheriffs Department. In the…