State v. Tillery

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, C.J.:

This is an appeal in a criminal action from a jury verdict which found George E. Tillery (defendant-appellant) guilty of kidnapping (K.S.A. 21-3420) and indecent liberties with a child (K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 21-3503). The appellant challenges the State’s use of a confession and attacks the sufficiency of the evidence.

On June 15, 1978, four year old Stacy and her mother, Glenda, visited a neighbor, Duane Findley. Stacy and her mother resided in one of three apartments in a triplex unit; Findley lived in an adjacent apartment in the same…