State v. Collins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Owsley, J.:

This is an appeal from a conviction of aggravated robbery in violation of K. S. A. 1973 Supp. 21-3427. Following a jury trial, defendant-appellant was sentenced under the habitual criminal statute, K. S. A. 1973 Supp. 21-4504 ( 2), to a term of forty-five years to life. Defendant alleges various trial errors, and attacks the validity of the sentence imposed.

Defendant Fred Collins was charged with having committed armed robbery of a Dillons Food Store in Wichita, Kansas, on April 18,1972. Robert Richardson, the assistant manager of Dillon’s,…