State v. Ralls

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

The defendant Richard David Ralls was convicted by a jury of larceny of property of the value of over $50.00, a 1967 Chevrolet automobile, and he was sentenced to not less than five nor more than fifteen years. (K. S. A. 21-534.) On appeal defendant-appellant raises several alleged trial errors which we will examine in turn.

The first point is directed toward comments by the prosecuting attorney during his opening statement which related to the need of the state to rely generally on circumstantial evidence to prove automobile larcenies. The…