Legal Opinion
State v. Miles
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided April 29, 1983No. 54,487PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lockett, J.:
This is an appeal from the District Court of Nemaha County, Kansas where the defendant was convicted of possession of marijuana (K.S.A. 1982 Supp. 65-4127b[a] [3]) and possession of heroin (K.S.A. 65-4127a). The defendant was originally sentenced to not less than 10 nor more than 30 years; the sentence was later modified to not less than 5 nor more than 20 years. Defendant has appealed.
The facts are as follows: In the early morning hours of October 24, 1981, Officer Kirwin pulled behind the defendant’s car on Highway 75. After observing the…
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