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- Title: State v. Hill
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 10, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Burle Hill, defendant and appellant in this action, was convicted by a Crawford County jury of the premeditated first-degree murder of Velma Darlene Collins in violation of K.S.A. 21-3401. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals and contends that the trial court erred (1) in refusing to grant a change of venue, (2) in refusing to grant a judgment of acquittal and in refusing to reduce the conviction to murder in the second degree, (3) in refusing to grant a new trial, (4) in refusing to suppress certain evidence, (5) in refusing to set aside the verdict because it was based on passion and prejudice, and (6) in sentencing the defendant to life imprisonment. On March 29, 1982, a local resident was cutting wood near the Lightning Creek bridge west of Pittsburg when he saw a red pickup truck stop on the bridge. He saw the driver get out and go to the rear of the truck, and he observed a mattress in the truck bed. Assuming that the driver was going to dispose of the mattress, he returned to his work. When he next looked up, he saw the man driving away with the mattress still in the back of the truck. This aroused his curiosity and after he loaded his wood he drove onto the bridge to see what the truck driver had thrown out. He observed a body in the creek bed; another passerby soon confirmed his observations, the authorities were notified, and an investigation commenced. A blood-stained mattress was found a short distance up the road. The body was identified as being that of Mrs. Collins, and evidence began to surface connecting the defendant to the crime.
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