State v. Wright

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal from the district court of Montgomery County, Kansas, in a criminal action wherein the defendant was convicted by a jury on two counts of forgery in the second degree under G. S. 1949, 21-608 and 21-609.

The only question raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence of prior convictions in the State’s case in chief.

In the lower court Ervin Sylvester Wright (defendant-appellant) was charged in an information containing two counts of forgery in the second degree, contrary to the provisions of…