State v. Lomax & Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is a direct appeal in a criminal action in which the defendants-appellants, John Lomax and Danny Williams, were tried together and convicted by a jury of aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3427) and aggravated battery (K.S.A. 21-3414). A third defendant, Cashley Woods, was tried at the same time, but the district court declared a mistrial after the jury could not arrive at a verdict.

This prosecution arose out of a robbery which occurred at a Kansas City residence on December 9, 1978, at approximately 8:30 p.m. The owner of the house, Leon…