State v. Daegele

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This case is now here for the third time. A brief chronicle of its odyssey through the courts is advisable.

On January 2, 1962, the defendant, George William Daegele, appeared before the district court of Douglas County, Kansas, accompanied by counsel, and there entered a plea of guilty to a charge of forcible rape. On January 13, after evidence was introduced of a previous Missouri conviction in 1942, Daegele was sentenced as a second offender to serve a term of not less than ten nor more than forty-two years in conformity with the…