STATE v. HINKLE

No. 45,873

206 Kan. 472 (1971)

479 P.2d 841

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JAMES EDWARD HINKLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Foster, of Kansas City, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Frank D. Menghini, County Attorney, argued the cause, and Kent Frizzell, Attorney General, and Nick A. Tomasic, Chief Deputy County Attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree by a sixteen year old youth who participated in a gang-style slaying. After waiver of jurisdiction by the juvenile court, the defendant was tried in the district court, and upon conviction was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson, Kansas.

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