State v. Adams

253 P.3d 5 (2011)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee,

v.

Taurus ADAMS, Appellant.

No. 101,432.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

April 15, 2011.

Meryl Carver-Allmond, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Robbin L. Wasson, senior assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Jerome Gorman, district attorney, and Steve Six, attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by LUCKERT, J.:

Taurus Adams was convicted by a jury of premeditated first-degree murder, in violation of K.S.A. 21-3401(a), and criminal use of a…