State v. Guthrie

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal by the defendant in a criminal action wherein he was convicted on two counts of first degree robbery and subsequently sentenced to two consecutive forty-two year terms at the Kansas State Penitentiary.

The only question on appeal is whether the trial court erred in permitting the testimony of an officer given at a previous trial to be read in evidence.

*660The facts concerning the point here for review are not in dispute.

On April 16, 1962, the appellant was tried on the charges against him consisting of two counts of robbery…