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- Title: Davis v. State
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 07, 1970
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Allen C. Davis was the fifth defendant convicted of kidnapping
in the first degree (G.S. 1961 Supp., 21-449, now K.S.A. 21-449)
and forcible rape (G.S. 1949, 21-424, now K.S.A. 21-424), arising
out of events occurring in Fort Scott, Kansas, on August 20,
1962, in which six men were involved. A summary of events leading to the petitioner's conviction in
the district court of Bourbon County is contained in State v.
Woods, 191 Kan. 433, 381 P.2d 533, cert. den. 376 U.S. 919,
11 L.Ed.2d 615, 84 S.Ct. 676. Convictions of three other defendants
for the same crimes were affirmed on appeal. (State v. Burnett,
194 Kan. 126, 397 P.2d 346; State v. Kinnell, 197 Kan. 456,
419 P.2d 870; State v. Ayers, 198 Kan. 467, 426 P.2d 21.) On October 3, 1964, the petitioner entered a plea of guilty to
the charge of forcible rape, and on October 3rd, and 4th, he was
tried by a jury and found guilty of kidnapping in the first
degree. The jury prescribed a sentence of life imprisonment.