Supreme Court of Kansas

State v. Hollins

March 7, 2025564 P.3d 778

Summary

The court affirmed Hollins's first-degree premeditated-murder conviction, holding that the district court did not err by instructing jurors that deliberations require discussion. It also held that the challenged premeditation language was factually appropriate because the evidence supported the possibility of an extended struggle during which premeditation could have formed. Because the court found no individual errors, it rejected the cumulative-error claim.