State v. Childs

The opinion of the court was delivered by

O’Connor, J.:

This is a direct appeal in a criminal action in which the defendant, James Edward Childs, was convicted on two counts of first degree robbery (G. S. 1949 [now K. S. A.]. 21-527) and sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of not les.s than ten nor more than twenty-one years on each count (,G., S. 1949 [now K. S. A.] 21-530), said sentences to run consecutively.

The events giving rise to this appeal began on December 5, 1963, late in the evening, when the defendant, while riding as a passenger on a Kansas City Transit Company bus,…