State v. Taylor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J.:

A Sedgwick County jury convicted Edward Taylor, Sr. of two counts of aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3427). After a finding that a firearm was involved in one of the counts, the trial court sentenced the defendant to prison for not less than five years nor more than life. Defendant appeals.

On January 2, 1978, at approximately 6:30 P.M. Jack Wilson, a cab driver for American Cab Co., picked up a fare at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. The passenger was a black male, about six feet tall, one hundred eighty pounds, wearing a brown army jacket and…