King v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

It was in early 1964 that the petitioner, Jack M. King, was convicted on a charge of first degree robbery and was sentenced to a term of from 10 to 21 years in the Kansas State Penitentiary. He appealed the conviction to this court, where it was affirmed in State v. King, 194 Kan. 629, 400 P. 2d 975.

The present action was filed July 22, 1966, pursuant to the provisions of K. S. A. 60-1507. The petitioner’s motion challenged the validity of his conviction on three grounds: (1) that an incriminating statement given by him was erroneously…