State v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The appellant, Willie Jones, was convicted by a jury of the crime of burglary in the second degree as defined in K. S. A. 21-520, and has appealed from the order of the district court overruling his motion for a new trial.

The appellant is hereafter referred to as Jones or the defendant. Following the trial and imposition of sentence, the defendant’s privately retained counsel died, and he filed his notice of appeal to the Supreme Court pro se. Upon application of the defendant pursuant to Prefatory Rule No. 1 (/) of this Court (194 Kan. xh),…