Addington v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzeh, J.:

The appellant, Edwin Addington, has appealed from the district court’s judgment overruling his motion (K. S. A. 60-1507) to vacate and set aside the sentence of the district court imposed upon him on May 9, 1963, for a term of not less than fifteen years confinement in the Kansas State Penitentiary pursuant to the Kansas Habitual Criminal Act. (K. S. A. 21-107a.)

The appellant is hereafter referred to as the defendant.

Pertinent dates and proceedings leading up to the defendant’s trial and conviction by a jury in the district court follow: On…