State v. Coleman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer (K.S.A. 21-3415). The defendant, Donald L. Coleman, was sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence under K.S.A. 1976 Supp. 21-4618, since a firearm was used in the commission of the crime.

This prosecution arose out of an alleged shoplifting incident which occurred on October 4,1976, at a Woolco department store in Wichita. The factual issues were hotly contested. Since the trier of fact chose to adopt the state’s version of the facts, we will assume…