State v. Benson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

Appellant was convicted of unlawful possession of a drug (cannabis or marijuana) as proscribed by K. S. A. 65-2502. He was sentenced under K. S. A. 65-2519a for a period of not more than seven years. He appeals from that conviction and sentence.

The record indicates the charge and conviction arose from events at a “rock festival” held on May 25, 1969, at Riverside Park in Wichita, Kansas.

Detective Coonrod and Detective Costello of the Wichita police department were patrolling the park on that day. From a distance of 60 feet they noticed three…