State v. Stephenson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schboeder, J-:

This is an appeal in a criminal case from a conviction and sentence of robbery in the first degree and felonious assault.

The controlling question is whether the admission of evidence concerning other offenses, in the nature of confessions and convictions, prevented the appellant from having a fair and impartial trial.

The evidence disclosed that at approximately 9:15 p. m. on the evening of October 24, 1961, Sharon Burns, age 15, was walking on the north side of Douglas Avenue in Wichita, Kansas, approaching the intersection of Water…