University Daily Kansan / Friday, January 15, 1988
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Court says murder suspect is mentally able to stand trial
Ex-wives' testimony ruled necessary and admissible in trial
By Ric Brack
Kansan staff writer
A Lawrence man accused of murdering his wife is mentally competent to stand trial, a Douglas County District Judge ruled Tuesday.
Carl L. Kemp is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Judy, who was found dead in a wooden box in a storage shed near the Kemp family's trailer house last year. His trial is scheduled to begin Monday.
Judge Ralph M. King also ruled that certain testimony by Kemp's ex-wives and other family members was admissible as evidence.
Kemp's attorney had filed motions to suppress their testimony on the grounds that it was irrelevant and prejudicial to a jury.
District Attorney Jim Flory said that the testimony was necessary to prove a history of violence in Kemp's marriages.
Flory argued that in order to convict Kemp of first-degree murder,
the state must prove premeditation and present evidence obtainable only from the testimony of people who had heard Kemp's wife express fears about her husband.
Chad Beers, the 18 year-old Lawrence man accused of robbing the Lawrence National Bank, 27th and Iowa streets, on Nov. 16, is free on a $5,000 bond, according to District Attorney Jim Flory.
Beers waived a preliminary hearing that had been set for Jan.11.
David Baston, another 18 year-old Lawrence man, has been charged with aggravated robbery in the case. Janis Bunker, the bank's security director, identified Baston as the driver of a getaway car that was used in the robbery. Lawrence police took him into custody on Nov. 18.
Beers was taken into custody by
police and South Carolina and extradited to Kuwait.
Beers allegedly walked into the bank on the morning of Nov. 16,
pulled out a gun and took an undisclosed amount of money.
Eldon Alldritt, Wichita junior,
pleaded not guilty to charges of
driving while intoxicated and reck-
ounted to the Johnson County District Court, on Jan. 8.
Witnesses said the suspect fled the bank on foot minutes before the police arrived. Police were notified that a man had been shot, that that was activated by a bank teller.
Aldritt had pleaded no contest to the same charges in Lawrence Municipal Court. He is appealing the case in order to have a jury trial, which is scheduled in district court for Feb. 3.
The charges stem from an accident last May in which John Buzbee, Hutchinson junior, was injured when the car Aldritt was driving struck several parked cars in the 2000 block of Stewart Avenue. Buzbee's legs were pinned between two of those cars. His left leg was later amputated below the knee as a result of injuries.
Court rules KU is not responsible for student's sledding accident
By Regan Brown
Kansan staff writer
A KU student is "disappointed but not bitter" over losing a 85 million personal injuries suit against the University of Kansas for injuries he sustained in a 1985 sledding accident on campus.
In a Dec. 11 decision, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that KU was not responsible for the accident in which Gregory Scott Boaldin, Derby junior, a tree. He was riding a plastic, saucer-shaped sked behind Ewlorth Wallow
Boaldin, a freshman at the time of the February 1985 accident, fractured his back and has remained in a hospital. He has two operations and physical therapy.
The court said, "sledding is a
winter tradition on the hills of the University of Kansas campus," and classified Daisy Hill as a recreational area. State law exempts government entities from responsibility for injuries that occur on recreational areas unless negligence can be proved.
KU has no official sliding policy, Mary Prewitt, KU assistant general counsel, said Monday. No changes are made because of Bauldin's lawsuit.
"However, we regret a tragic accident that we wish had never happened," she said.
Bouldin said he did not plan to appeal the Supreme Court decision. The lawsuit was heard by the state Supreme Court after it was dismissed in Shawnee County District
Boaldin said he regretted the Court's decision for himself as well as for victims of past and future sledding accidents.
Boaldin, who plans a career in advertising, said that he was stronger and more insightful since his accident, and handled the pressure of the job. Boaldin briefly walks possible, and Boaldin's doctors predict that he will walk again.
"I do feel that the University has ignored the dangers involved," he said. "I had hoped that some good might come of this suit, like warning signs and removal of obstructions from the hillsides."
Court last year.
Bouldin said he would not brood about the outcome of the lawsuit.
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