State v. Thompson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pbager, J.:

This is a direct appeal in a criminal action in which the defendants-appellants, Larry D. Thompson and Michael Pennington, were tried by a jury and convicted of aggravated robbery (K. S. A. 21-3427) and aggravated sodomy (K. S. A. 21-3506). The defendants were also charged with kidnapping but a mistrial was declared on that charge when the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.

At the outset we must consider a motion filed by the state to dismiss the appeal of the defendant Larry D. Thompson. It is the position of the state that this court…