State v. Patterson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Franklin Patterson, from his conviction by jury trial in Sedgwick County of murder in the first degree, K.S.A. 21-3401; aggravated kidnapping, K.S.A. 21-3421; and aggravated robbery, K.S.A. 21-3427. The trial court found, from evidence introduced at the time of sentencing, that the defendant had been convicted of three prior felonies, and the trial court ordered that the sentences imposed be tripled under the habitual criminal act. Defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of three life…