State v. Mitchell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

This is an appeal from a jury conviction for aggravated robbery. K.S.A. 21-3427.

On Saturday, February 20,1982, at approximately 11:00 p.m., a young black male entered the Phoenix Club, a private club on 21st Street in Wichita. The black male walked up to the bar and the bartender, Steve Virden, approached him. The black male pulled a gun on Virden and instructed him to turn over his money. Virden went to the cash register behind the bar, followed by the robber. Virden removed all the money and handed it to the robber, who then walked to the…