State v. Scoggins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal in a criminal action wherein the appellant was tried by a jury and convicted of robbery in the first degree as defined in K. S. A. 21-527. Having had one prior felony conviction, the appellant was sentenced under the habitual criminal act to the Kansas State Penitentiary for a term of not less than twenty nor more than forty-two years. (K. S. A. 21-530 and 21-107a.)

The only question squarely here is whether the evidence presented by the state is sufficient to sustain the conviction.

The evidence establishes that the…