State v. Haught

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

The defendant was charged, tried and convicted of burglary in the second degree, as defined by G. S. 1949, 21-514, and of attempted rape upon a six-year-old girl, as defined by G. S. 1949, 21-424 and 21-101. By reason of three prior felony convictions he was sentenced on each count to life imprisonment in the Kansas State Penitentiary under the provisions of G. S. 1949, 21-107a, the sentences to run concurrently.

On August 3, 1955, a complaint was filed and a warrant issued by the judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Sedgwick county charging…