HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Kansas Supreme Court Tuesday will hear arguments for a Hutchinson man convicted and sentenced for the murder of a Hutchinson woman
The case against Charles Christopher Logsdon will be one of three the high court will here when they have a special session in Garden City.
Logsdon is appealing the conviction for first-degree murder and other charges for the death of Jennifer Heckel. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 50 years.
Questions before the court are whether there was sufficient evidence presented at trial to convict him, and whether the district court committed errors when it denied his motion for mistrial, when it imposed a hard-50 sentence, and when it instructed the jury on the law regarding aiding and abetting.
Logsdon is believed to be the shooter of Heckel. She was shot three times in her home on June 14, 2011, including in the head and back while her young son listened to her being killed in another room.
The state contends the murder was a case of mistaken identity and that the suspects intended to rob Kayla Salyer-Rodriquez. But, apparently ended up at the wrong house.
The Supreme Court will be in session from Garden City High School Tuesday evening.
