Trotter v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, C. J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying petitioners motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to K. S. A. 60-1507.

On April 25, 1974, the appellant Jerry Trotter walked into Mammel’s Jack and Jill grocery store in Hutchinson and took approximately $1,011 from an employee at the point of a .22 caliber pistol. The police were called while the robbery was in progress, and an officer who was near the store responded to the call. Arriving at the store, the officer saw Trotter emerge, gun and moneybag in hand. The officer,…