A western Kansas man faces a charge of first-degree murder because prosecutors say he gave drugs to a man who died of an overdose.
The Hays Daily News reports that David Knapp is accused of murder, after 46-year-old Frank A. Brown died at a motel in October 2006 while taking the prescription pain-killer fentanyl.
In Kansas, someone can be convicted of felony murder if they are involved in an “inherently dangerous felony” that results in someone dying. In this case, prosecutors Brown died of the overdose while Knapp was committing the crime of crime of illegal distribution of drugs. Knapp is tentatively scheduled for trial next month.