STATE v. PAXTON

No. 45,071

201 Kan. 353 (1968)

440 P.2d 650

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. ELMER G. PAXTON, Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond L. Spring, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Dale H. Corley, Lelyn J. Braun and Patrick J. Regan, of Garden City, and Richard D. Greene, of Denver, Colorado, were with him on the brief for the appellant and cross-appellee.

Daniel D. Metz, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, attorney general, and John S. Elting, county attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellee and cross-appellant.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

O'CONNOR, J.:

This is an appeal by the defendant, Elmer G. Paxton, who was convicted by a jury of the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses, in violation of G.S. 1949 [now K.S.A.] 21-551. The basic questions presented by the defendant are: (1) Alleged trial errors which he contends denied him a fair trial by an impartial jury; (2) the sufficiency of evidence to sustain the conviction. A third question, which...

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