State v. Adair

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of theft by deception under K. S. A. 1972 Supp. 21-3701 (b). The defendant-appellant, Lennis Adair, was found guilty after trial by jury. The facts in the case are not greatly in dispute and are basically as follows: The complaining witness, Mary Shewmaker Passler, is die aunt of the defendant. Prior to March of 1972 Mary Passler had seen very little of Lennis. In that month Lennis stopped by his aunt’s home and advised her that he was in the neighborhood and that he was selling real estate. They…