Thomas v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This is an appeal by the state from, an order of the district court in a proceeding under K. S. A. 60-1507 vacating the conviction and sentence of the petitioner, and ordering his discharge from the state penitentiary because of delay in bringing him to trial on a charge of robbery.

On October 30, 1961, in the District Court of Jackson County, Kansas, petitioner was convicted of robbery in the first degree. On November 8, 1961, he was sentenced to not less than twenty years nor more than forty-two years at hard labor at the Kansas State…