Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Exon's Conviction

0:00It's April 17th. Welcome to Kansas News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey, with the story. The Kansas Supreme Court just upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a 50-year-old Topeka man named Jeffrey James Exxon for the 20. 21 death of his two-year-old daughter. She was found dead in his home on January 5th from starvation, leading to charges of murder, failure to report a child's death, and aggravated, endangering a child. A Shawnee County jury nailed him guilty back in April 2023, and he got hit with the max sentence of 683 months. That's over 56 years behind bars at Lansing Correctional Facility. Exxon argued he couldn't present a full defense because the trial court blocked his experts take that the girls' doctors messed up by not jumping on. Her growth issues are calling child services sooner, but in a unanimous call penned by Chief Justice Eric Rosen, the court shut that down, saying it didn't deny his rights, keeping all conviction solid.

1:00They did spot a small paperwork glitch in the sentencing dock, so they sent it back to the lower court for a quick fix, but Exxon's locked in for the long haul either way.