COVERLY v. STATE

No. 46,491

208 Kan. 670 (1972)

493 P.2d 261

LEWIS EDWARD COVERLY, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen I. Tongier, of Coffeyville, argued the cause and appeared on the briefs for the appellant.

Richard A. Medley, Montgomery county attorney, argued the cause, and Vern Miller, attorney general, was with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FOTH, C.:

This is an appeal from a judgment denying appellant's motion to vacate filed under K.S.A. 60-1507. The motion was denied after a plenary hearing at which appellant was present and represented by appointed counsel.

In the spring of 1967 appellant was temporarily residing in the Montgomery county jail awaiting trial on a number of criminal charges. It was then that he embarked upon the venture which...

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