(DOWNLOAD) "State v. Dunnan" by Supreme Court of Kansas # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: State v. Dunnan
Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
Release Date : January 21, 1978
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 53 KB

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The opinion of the court was delivered by Austin Dunnan was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, K.S.A. 21-3402, and felony theft, K.S.A. 21-3701. He appeals, and raises four points: that the magistrate failed to make findings sufficient to justify his action in binding the defendant over for trial; that the appearance bond fixed for the defendant was excessive and deprived him of his constitutional right to bail; that there was not sufficient evidence of malice to support the murder conviction; and that the trial court committed prejudicial error in the manner in which it answered questions from the deliberating jury. The facts disclosed by the record are these. Late in the afternoon of January 14, 1977, Dunnan met Mike Bartlett in the Blacksmith Tavern in Dodge City, Kansas. Bartlett expressed an interest in buying a rifle, so Dunnan and Bartlett went to Dunnan's apartment where Dunnan displayed a rifle which he wished to sell. Dunnan warned Bartlett that the rifle was loaded. When Bartlett started to reach for one of two guns in a rack on the wall, Dunnan said that they were loaded, so Bartlett left them alone. The sale of the rifle was agreed upon, and the two men returned to the Blacksmith Tavern.