State v. Cruitt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The defendant-appellant, Walter William Cruitt, was convicted by a jury of the crime of blackmail in violation of K. S. A. 21-2412.

The state’s evidence established that Mrs. Loma Kithil lived with her husband and their child in Topeka, and on July 21, 1966, she received a telephone call and the caller demanded sexual liberties, or threatened to harm her child. On August 12, 1966, a second call was made to the Kithil residence; however, there was no conversation because Mr. Kithil answered the telephone. On August 15, 1966, Mrs. Kithil…