Hanes v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

O’Connor, J.:

Under the provisions of K. S. A. 60-1507, the appellant, Charles R. Hanes, hereinafter referred to as petitioner or Hanes, filed a motion to vacate a conviction and sentence rendered by the district court of Sedgwick county. From the court’s order denying relief petitioner has appealed.

The background of the matter is as follows: On April 7, 1958, petitioner was convicted by a jury of the offenses of forgery and uttering and sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary of not less than twenty years for the crime of forgery and not less…