Pierson v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is an appeal by the state in a post-conviction proceeding filed pursuant to K. S. A. 60-1507. With the exception of a very narrow area the facts are not greatly in dispute and are substantially as follows: On August 9, 1964, an armed robbery took place in the home of Ralph Pellow, Overland Park, Kansas. The robber took by force from Mr. Pellow a valuable coin collection, articles of clothing, various items of jewelry and Pellow’s identification holder which contained various credit cards and the titles to two automobiles. On September…