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Title: Melton v. State
Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
Release Date : January 23, 1976
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 48 KB

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This action was filed pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 60-1507. It challenges the validity of plaintiff's 1969 conviction of first-degree manslaughter. His appeal from that conviction, which resulted in an affirmance, is reported in State v. Melton, 207 Kan. 700, 486 P.2d 1361. The district court in the present action denied Mr. Melton's motion for relief without holding an evidentiary hearing and this appeal followed. It is not necessary to relate the unsavory details of the homicide itself, for they may be gleaned from our former opinion. Suffice it to say, Melton was charged with murder in the first degree in the slaying of a female friend. Three trials ensued: the first was terminated when one of the jurors died; the second ended in a hung jury; and on the third try, plaintiff was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.