Sullivan v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Owsley, J.:

This is an appeal by the petitioner in a proceeding instituted pursuant to K.S.A. 60-1507 wherein the trial court denied relief without an evidentiary hearing.

On March 22, 1971, an informant told Wichita Detective Jack Watkins that a gambling game at 3213 Locust Street would be held up. Police staked out the area. Shortly before midnight a Cadillac drove by the house and parked about a block away. Three men emerged from the car and walked around the house looking in the windows. They then returned to their car and started to leave. Officers…