Supreme Court of Kansas May 23, 2014, No. 103,399 (State v. Phillips)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

After a trial ended with a hung jury, Kelvin Phillips, Jr., was retried and convicted of the premeditated first-degree murder of James Earl Dyer, Jr.; conspiracy to commit first-degree murder; and criminal possession of a firearm. On direct appeal from Phillips’ second trial, we consider the three issues Phillips raises.