Peterson v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, C. J.:

This is an appeal from an order denying the petitioner post-conviction relief pursuant to K. S. A. 60-1507.

In April 1964, the petitioner, Francis Ivan Peterson, endorsed and cashed a check payable to the order of “Lary Johnson” at a Safeway store in Leavenworth, Kansas. A complaint was filed charging him with forgery in violation of K. S. A. 21-608 and uttering a forged instrument in violation of K. S. A. 21-609. On May 15, 1964, the petitioner appeared in the Leavenworth city court, waived his preliminary hearing, and was bound over to…