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STATE v. BURNETT

No. 43,977

194 Kan. 126 (1964)

397 P.2d 346

THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. MELVIN LEE BURNETT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 12, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.C. Jones of Olathe, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Howard Hudson, Special Prosecutor, of Fort Scott, argued the cause, and William M. Ferguson, Attorney General, and Charles M. Warren, County Attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

This is an appeal by defendant, Melvin Lee Burnett, from a conviction of the offenses of kidnapping in the first degree (G.S. 1961 Supp., 21-449) and forcible rape (G.S. 1949, 21-424).

As a result of events occurring on the night of August 20, 1962, six men were charged in the district court of Bourbon county with the offenses of kidnapping in the first degree and forcible rape. Among them were Gerald...

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