YOHO v. STATE

No. 45,180

201 Kan. 775 (1968)

442 P.2d 1012

JAMES MONROE YOHO, Appellant, v. STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 13, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.C. Edwards, of Iola, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellant.

Mitchell H. Bushey, County Attorney, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, Attorney General, was with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HATCHER, C.:

The petitioner sought relief from a judgment and sentence under the provisions of K.S.A. 60-1507. The relief was denied by the trial court and petitioner has appealed.

The appellant, James Monroe Yoho, was confined in the Allen County jail on March 4, 1959, on a charge of burglary and larceny. On that date he and three other inmates overpowered the jailer, robbed him of $140 and escaped. All four...

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