STATE v. HOCKETT

No. 38,292

172 Kan. 1 (1951)

238 P.2d 539

THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CORNELIUS THOMAS HOCKETT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. McDowell, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and James J. Lysaught, also of Kansas City, was with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Harold H. Harding, county attorney, argued the cause, and Harold R. Fatzer, attorney general, Willis R. McQueary, assistant attorney general, and Tudor M. Nellor and J. Roy Holliday, assistant county attorneys, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

WERTZ, J.:

Defendant (appellant) was tried on an information containing four counts growing out of a robbery. Under the first count he was charged with robbery in the first degree and in counts 2, 3 and 4 with assault with intent to kill. The jury found defendant guilty as charged; his motion for a new trial was denied and judgment rendered on the verdict. Defendant appeals...

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