STATE v. WOLFE

No. 43,973

194 Kan. 697 (1965)

401 P.2d 917

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CLARENCE WOLFE, JR., a/k/a JERRY WOLFE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Fussell, of Leavenworth, argued the cause, and was on the briefs for appellant.

Edward J. Chapman, Jr., County Attorney, of Leavenworth, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

On November 22, 1963, the defendant, Clarence Wolfe, Jr., a/k/a Jerry Wolfe, while serving a sentence in the Kansas State Penitentiary, at Lansing, was charged with the murder of George H. Douglass, an inmate of the penitentiary. Thereafter, the defendant was tried and convicted by a jury in Leavenworth County for murder in the first degree as defined in G.S. 1949, 21-401.

Following the trial, the...

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