[DOWNLOAD] "State v. Martin" by Supreme Court of Kansas # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Martin
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 23, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 50 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is a direct appeal in which the defendant, Wayne "Bo"
Martin, although charged with first degree murder, was found
guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree (K.S.A. 21-402).
A motion for new trial was overruled, and defendant was sentenced
to the penitentiary for a term of not less than twenty years nor
more than forty years. The offense of which defendant was convicted occurred May 2,
1967, at the Kansas State Penitentiary where both defendant and
the victim, Ronald C. Woods, were inmates. The prosecution's
evidence disclosed that ill feeling had apparently developed
between the two as a result of their relationship with a mutual
friend, William D. Gibson. Originally, Gibson had been a cell
mate of the deceased until being placed in the segregation and
isolation building, at his own request, for protective custody.
Upon his release, Gibson moved in with the defendant for two or
three weeks, but at the time
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