State v. Burnett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The defendant was found guilty by a jury of second degree burglary as defined in G. S. 1959 Supp. 21-520. Upon notice and proof of two prior convictions of felony, he was sentenced under the Habitual Criminal Act (G. S. 1949, 21-107a) to confinement in the Kansas State Penitentiary for the period of his natural life. While confined under the sentence, he appealed pro se from the jury’s verdict, the order overruling his motion for a new trial, and from the judgment and sentence of the district court.

At the outset we are confronted with the…