State v. Pierson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The appellant, Charles Lindberg Pierson, was convicted by a jury of the crime of robbery in the first degree (K. S. A. 21-527), and he was sentenced to confinement and hard labor in the Kansas State Penitentiary for a term of not less than 40 years nor more than 60 years pursuant to K. S. A. 21-530 and 21-107a.

The armed robbery took place on the evening of August 9, 1964, in the home of Ralph Pellow, Overland Park, Kansas. Pellow had guests in his home and had gone out to get some pizza for dinner. When he returned, the appellant was in the…