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- Title: State v. Rueckert
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 05, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is a direct appeal from a jury verdict wherein defendant was found guilty of felony murder. (K.S.A. 21-3401.) The facts reveal a cruel and bizarre homicide. Defendant Harold Allen Rueckert and Patrick Michael Sharkey spent most of the evening of December 21, 1973, bar-hopping in Overland Park, Kansas. At approximately midnight they were driving west on Merriam Lane when they came upon a slow-moving white 1962 Chevrolet. The car was driven by the Reverend Mr. Nathaniel Collins, a 73-year-old retired black minister, who was returning home from a church meeting. After following the minister's car for some time, defendant took his .22 caliber rifle from the gun rack located in the back window of his pickup and began firing at the car. Sharkey then shot the rifle, hitting the rear tires and causing them to go flat. Collins pulled his vehicle into the parking lot of the Eagles' Club in the 4700 block of Merriam Lane. Defendant continued driving west. After driving five or six blocks, defendant turned his truck around and proceeded back to the disabled vehicle. When defendant and Sharkey arrived at the parking lot, the minister was looking [221 Kan. 729]