Coverly v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

This is an appeal from a judgment denying appellant’s motion to vacate filed under K. S. A. 60-1507. The motion was denied after a plenary hearing at which appellant was present and represented by appointed counsel.

In the spring of 1967 appellant was temporarily residing in the Montgomery county jail awaiting trial on a number of criminal charges. It was then that he embarked upon the venture which led eventually to this case. The jailer was enticed to the cell area by a plea to malee a telephone call, and was soon confronted with a pistol at…