State v. Runnels

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

Carl Dennis Runnels was convicted of the unlawful possession and control of a pistol after conviction of a felony. (K. S. A. 21-2611.) He was sentenced to the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing, Kansas, for not more than five years. Two trial errors are specified on appeal. One of these concerns the court’s instructions. The second is directed at testimony introduced during the trial.

The circumstances leading to defendant’s arrest were related at the trial by Arlen Heffel. A complaint made to the sheriff of Russell county by a passenger in…