STATE v. BEASLEY

No. 45,422

205 Kan. 253 (1970)

469 P.2d 453

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. SAMUEL E. BEASLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Somers, of Kansas City, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Nick A. Tomasic, chief deputy county attorney, argued the cause, and Frank D. Menghini, county attorney, was with him on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree. (K.S.A. 21-401.) The jury's verdict fixed the appellant's punishment at confinement and hard labor in the Kansas State Penitentiary for life.

On October 30, 1967, Beasley entered the premises of the Hudson and Odom Tire Company located in the Fairfax Industrial District in Kansas City, and in an attempt to perpetrate a robbery of...

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