State v. Watie, Heard and Heard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, C.J.:

This is an appeal in a joint criminal action from a jury verdict which found Nathaniel Watie, Linda Heard and Junious Heard (defendants-appellants) each guilty of two counts of aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3427) and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3302).

Various trial errors are assigned on appeal for reversal of the convictions and judgment.

A brief summary of the facts leading to the appellants’ arrest and trial will suffice. On the evening of April 3, 1975, a car was taken at gunpoint from Karen Beard…