STATE v. WRIGHT

No. 44,038

194 Kan. 271 (1965)

398 P.2d 339

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ERVIN SYLVESTER WRIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Knapp, of Coffeyville, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Monte K. Heasty, Assistant County Attorney, argued the cause, and William M. Ferguson, Attorney General, and B.D. Watson, County Attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an appeal from the district court of Montgomery County, Kansas, in a criminal action wherein the defendant was convicted by a jury on two counts of forgery in the second degree under G.S. 1949, 21-608 and 21-609.

The only question raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence of prior convictions in the State's case in chief.

In the lower court Ervin...

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