Karstetter v. Love

Spencer, J.:

This appeal is from denial of writs of habeas corpus sought by appellants Karstetter and Housel on separate petitions, consolidated for hearing below and before this court.

Appellants have been charged with violations of the Kansas Securities Act, K.S.A. 17-1252 et seq. and are defendants in criminal proceedings now pending in Ford County. Further proceedings in that case have been stayed pending this appeal.

Although couched in somewhat different language, the principal and dispositive issue presented on this appeal is whether *195appellants’ detention at and for the purposes of the…