State v. Tillman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Wyandotte County, in which the appellants, Willis P. Tyus and Earnest Tillman were convicted of aggravated robbery. The appellants were convicted after trial by jury and each was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 years nor more than life.

It is clear from the record that a robbery took place. The disputed issue in the case was the identity of the appellants as the robbers. On July 31, 1970, at about 8:30 a. m. three men robbed a liquor store in Kansas City,…