HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Kansas Supreme Court next month will hear arguments over the conviction of a Hutchinson man convicted and sentenced in the death of Jennifer Heckel.
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 which 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 6:30 p.m. to about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 13, in the auditorium of the Garden City High School at 2720 Buffalo Way.