STATE v. PIERCE, ET AL.

Nos. 45,745 to 45,752, Incl. — Consolidated

208 Kan. 19 (1971)

490 P.2d 584

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. VERNON S. PIERCE, RICHARD ALEXANDER, HENRY DAVIS, NOEL D. NEWSOM, FRED M. JOHNSON, JOHN H. MANNING, LEONARD HARRISON, and SAMUEL JARVIS HUNT, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester I. Lewis, of Wichita, and Charles Scott, of Topeka, argued the cause and were on the briefs for the appellants.

Keith Sanborn, county attorney, argued the cause, and Vern Miller, attorney general, and Stephen M. Joseph, county attorney legal intern, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HARMAN, C.:

This appeal arises from convictions by a jury of Vernon S. Pierce, Richard Alexander, Henry Davis, Noel D. Newsom, Fred M. Johnson, John H. Manning, Leonard Harrison and Samuel Jarvis Hunt of varying degrees of robbery.

By way of background we may state that as a result of certain events occurring at a Wichita motel on October 17, 1968, appellants and Harold Cole were charged with certain criminal...

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