State v. Daniels

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Owsley, J.:

Defendant appeals from conviction of one count of blackmail under K. S. A. 1972 Supp. 21-3428 (b) (now K. S. A. 1973 Supp. 21-3428 [&]) and sentence therefor of one to five years.

The basic facts are not in dispute and we set forth only the facts necessary to our decision. It is our wish to encourage the kind of citizen aid to law enforcement officials which resulted in this conviction; and continued, unnecessary exposure of the victims of crime to the embarrassing details thereof would not accomplish that purpose.

Defendant testified in his…