(DOWNLOAD) "State v. Leopard" by Supreme Court of Kansas # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Leopard
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 08, 1963
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 48 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by The defendant (appellant) Herthon Leopard was charged, tried and convicted in the district court of Wyandotte county of the crime of burglary in the second degree (G.S. 1949, 21-520). Defendant's motion for a new trial was overruled, and defendant was sentenced for a term of fifteen years in the Kansas State Penitentiary under the habitual criminal act (G.S. 1949, 21-107a) and in accordance with G.S. 1949, 21-523. A duly qualified attorney was appointed prior to the trial to represent defendant, and defendant had the benefit of counsel throughout the trial, at the hearing on his motion for a new trial, and at the time sentence was pronounced July 20, 1962. A little more than two months after the sentence was imposed, the defendant, while confined in the state penitentiary, attempted pro se to take an appeal to this court by filing with the clerk of the district court of Wyandotte county a notice of appeal. This instrument reads: ""Take notice, that the above named defendant, hereby appeals to the Supreme Court of Kansas, from the judgments and all adverse findings and rulings made in the above entitled case. . . ."" This notice of appeal was signed by the defendant, but no service