State v. Ferris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict which found Michael Ferris (defendant-appellant) guilty of two counts of aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer (K.S.A. 21-3415).

The question on appeal is whether evidence of other criminal acts, here a purse snatching followed by flight from law enforcement officers, is admissible in evidence.

On August 16, 1975, the appellant entered Marceil’s Beauty Salon in Topeka and asked whether or not they cut men’s hair. He then proceeded to grab the purse of Mrs. Reba Heinrich, a beauty shop…