State v. Greer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

Roy T. Greer was convicted by a jury of the offense of robbery in the first degree for which he was sentenced November 16, 1964, under the habitual criminal act. This is a direct appeal from that sentence, as authorized when the case was previously here in an abortive postconviction proceeding (Greer v. State, 199 Kan. 354, 429 P. 2d 942).

Appellant and a woman, Bobbie Espinosa, were charged jointly with the offense. Appellant was tried separately. According to the state’s evidence the robbery victim drank beer at a club in Wichita during the…