STATE v. MORTON

No. 44,235

200 Kan. 259 (1968)

436 P.2d 382

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. WILBUR O. MORTON a/k/a/ HUGH BARR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Cline, Jr., of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellant.

A.J. Focht, Assistant County Attorney, argued the cause, and Robert Londerholm, Attorney General, and Keith Sanborn, County Attorney, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HATCHER, C.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of robbery in the first degree and a sentence of not less than twenty years or more than forty-two years under the habitual criminal act.

The defendant, on appeal, makes two rather inconsistent contentions — (1) the defendant should have been discharged for want of speedy trial, and (2) the district court of Kansas was without jurisdiction because the...

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