Sanders v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

John Calvin Sanders entered a voluntary plea of guilty to the crime of unlawful possession of a pistol after having been convicted of burglary in 1966, in the state of California. His plea was entered on March 19, 1969, in conjunction with pleas on five other felony counts. He was sentenced under K. S. A. 21-2611 and no direct appeal was perfected.

Thereafter, Sanders filed a motion in the district court to vacate judgment and sentence under K. S. A. 60-1507. The sole basis for the motion was that upon being convicted in California he was…