State v. Hanks

Briscoe, J.:

Defendant, Murt Hanks, III, appeals from a jury conviction of theft. He was sentenced as a felon, having two prior theft convictions within five years immediately preceding the commission of the instant offense. K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 21-3701.

The defendant was charged with the theft of items valued at less than $150 from a Safeway store in Wichita, Kansas, on July 14, 1984. Included in the complaint/information was the statement that defendant had two theft convictions in the preceding five years: one on July 11, 1983, in the Wichita Municipal Court, and one on June 14, 1984, in…