State v. Longobardi

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Herd, J:

This is a criminal appeal. Richard Longobardi was convicted of first-degree, murder, K.S.A. 21-3401, and aggravated robbery, K.S.A. 21-3427. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and 15 years to life for aggravated robbery, to run concurrently with the sentence for murder.

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