STATE v. MORRIS

No. 42,861

190 Kan. 93 (1962)

372 P.2d 282

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. KENNETH MORRIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.H. Coutts, III, of El Dorado, argued the cause, and was on the briefs for appellant.

Warren Ralston, County Attorney, of El Dorado, argued the cause, and William M. Ferguson, Attorney General, of Topeka, and Ervin E. Grant, Assistant County Attorney, of El Dorado, were with him on the briefs for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

The defendant was convicted by a jury of issuing two worthless checks on January 25, 1960, each check being in an amount in excess of $50 in violation of G.S. 1949, 21-554, and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the Kansas State Penitentiary. (G.S. 1961 Supp., 21-555.)

On June 12, 1961, the defendant being without counsel, the court appointed W.H. Coutts, III, a member of the Butler County Bar...

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