State v. Crawford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.:

This is a direct appeal by Ace Crawford of his jury convictions of seven counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated battery, two counts of kidnapping, and four counts of aggravated bui'glary. He was sentenced to a controlling term of 60 years to life in prison.

Crawford testified that, on February 17, 1991, he traveled from Kansas City to Topeka with Larry Bateman and Bateman’s girlfriend. Crawford owed money to Bateman for cocaine which Bate-man had súpplied to him. Bateman wanted Crawford to commit some robberies in Topeka…