Knight v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

This is an appeal from an order denying relief on petitioner’s motion filed pursuant to K. S. A. 60-1507. Petitioner’s motion attacks a sentence of life imprisonment imposed after petitioner entered a plea of guilty to first degree murder. On receipt of petitioner’s motion, the trial court appointed counsel and granted an evidentiary hearing.

Petitioner and five other inmates, while attempting to escape from .the Kansas State Penitentiary, shot and killed a guard. Each was charged with murder in the first degree. One of the defendants, Henry…