Brooks v. State

Appellant Bruce L. Brooks was convicted in the Saline County District Court on November 13, 1968, of the offense of burglary and burglarious larceny, and his sentence was enhanced under the habitual criminal act, K. S. A. 21-107a, on the basis of a prior felony conviction of second degree burglary in the state of California. The convictions were affirmed by this court in State v. Brooks, 206 Kan. 9, 476 P. 2d 617. On March 3, 1971, appellant filed his motion pursuant to K. S. A. 60-1507 seeldng vacation of the sentences on the ground there was no valid proof of a prior felony conviction in…