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STATE v. GORDON

No. 45,253

203 Kan. 69 (1969)

453 P.2d 80

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. KEITH DEAN GORDON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel A. Sterrett, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Gene M. Olander, County Attorney, argued the cause, and Kent Frizzell, Attorney General, was with him on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, C.J.:

Defendant appeals from a conviction of "escape" as defined by K.S.A. 21-734.

The question presented is whether the "Kansas state reception and diagnostic center" (K.S.A. 76-24a01 et seq., as amended) and hereafter referred to as Center, is a penitentiary or prison within the meaning of the above mentioned "escape" statute.

For reasons hereafter appearing we hold that it is, and that...

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