State v. Trotter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholas W. Klein, District Judge, assigned:

Herman Trotter, Jr., was convicted of the aggravated robbery, K.S.A. 21-3427, and aggravated kidnapping, K.S.A. 21-3421, of William Culbert. Trotter was tried for these offenses along with a codefendant, Toni Jarmon a/k/a Toni Carter.

In addition to the Culbert incident, Trotter and Jarmon were originally both charged with aggravated burglary, kidnapping, and misdemeanor theft in an incident involving an elderly man named Wade Leroy Webster. The evidence in the Webster incident showed that Jarmon and a male…