State v. Goodseal

The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder. Appellant Charles Goodseal, also known as Charles Jones, was initially charged and tried upon three separate counts arising from the same incident: Unlawful possession of a firearm (K.S.A. 21-4204 [1] [b]), aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3427), and felony murder (K.S.A. 21-3401). The murder count charged that the homicide occurred during the perpetration of the crimes of unlawful possession of a firearm and aggravated robbery. At this first trial appellant was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm (from which no appeal has been taken), he was acquitted upon the aggravated robbery count and the jury was unable to agree as to the murder charge. Upon a second trial appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, done in the commission of a felony, [220 Kan. 489]