State v. Dickson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, C. J.:

Defendant was convicted of burglary in the second degree and larceny in connection therewith. He had two prior convictions, both in Shawnee county — each being for burglary in the second degree and larceny in connection therewith — in 1952 and 1959. Accordingly, under the provisions of the habitual criminal statute (K. S. A. 21-107a) and K. S. A. 21-109, he was sentenced to confinement for a period of forty years. He has appealed.

Although five contentions are made — defendant’s chief argument is directed to the proposition that under the…