Legal Opinion
State v. Aikins
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided January 24, 1997No. 74,582PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
ABBOTT, J.:
This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Robert Aikins, from his convictions of aggravated robbery and felony murder. Aikins was sentenced to.life in prison for felony murder and given a concurrent sentence of 206 months in prison for the aggravated robbery conviction. Aikins and a co-participant, Sheldon K. Nash, were both age 18 when the crimes occurred. Aikins and Nash were tried together. Nash’s appeal is also decided this day. In his individual appeal, Aikins raises 10 issues.
When viewed as we are required to view it, the evidence is…
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