State v. Carty

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

The defendant and appellant, Robert Lee Carty, Jr., was convicted of one count of arson of the Coffeyville Memorial Hall, K.S.A. 21-3718, and one count of aggravated arson of the Caney Grade School, K.S.A. 21-3719, by jury trial in Montgomery District Court. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of ten to forty years and fifteen years to life. On appeal, his principal claims of error are that the trial court erred in admitting statements made by the defendant to a deputy sheriff during inter*283rogation, after defendant had requested counsel, and…