STATE v. McCORVEY

No. 44,673

199 Kan. 194 (1967)

428 P.2d 762

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ELIJAH MORRIS McCORVEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 10, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Lawing, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Payne H. Ratner, Louise Mattox, Payne H. Ratner, Jr., Cliff W. Ratner, R.R. Barnes and Edmond L. Kinch, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

R.K. Hollingsworth, Deputy County Attorney, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, Attorney General, and Keith Sanborn, County Attorney, of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

The defendant, Elijah Morris McCorvey, was tried by a jury and found guilty of the crime of grand larceny (K.S.A. 21-533), and was sentenced to confinement in the Kansas State Penitentiary for a period of fifteen years pursuant to the Kansas Habitual Criminal Act. (K.S.A. 21-107a.) He has appealed from the judgment and sentence and the order overruling his...

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