State v. Burgess

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

The defendant, Henry Edward Burgess, Jr., was convicted of first degree robbery and larceny of an automobile. He has appealed.

Evidence on behalf of the state disclosed that Burgess first met his victim, a male cosmetologist by the name of Dan R. Ohlerking, approximately May 30, 1968, at the Jolly Jug, a Wichita tavern. The following day Burgess moved into Ohlerking’s house, at the latter s invitation, and lived there continuously until the date of the alleged offenses.

On the morning of June 4, 1968, Burgess phoned Ohlerking at his work,…