State v. Davis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The appellant, Larry D. Davis, was tried by a jury and found guilty of the charge alleged in the amended information that he did attempt to escape from the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory while confined at hard labor for concurrent terms of imprisonment, without being guilty of breaking such prison, contrary to K. S. A. 21-101 and 21-734. He has appealed from the judgment and sentence of fifteen years confinement in the Kansas State Penitentiary imposed pursuant to the Habitual Criminal Act (K. S. A. 21-107a), and the order overruling…