(DOWNLOAD) "State v. Wharton" by Supreme Court of Kansas " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Wharton
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 15, 1965
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Oscar Floyd Wharton, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged by an information in the district court of Sedgwick county with three counts of first degree robbery and one count of possession of a pistol following conviction of a felony. Before defendant was arraigned on these charges he escaped from custody and a second information was filed charging him with escaping custody before conviction in violation of G.S. 1949, 21-736. A warrant was issued on the latter information. The sheriff of Sedgwick county arrested defendant and took him into custody at Little Rock, Arkansas, and returned him to Sedgwick county. The sheriff returned the warrant on October 6, 1963. On October 7 defendant appeared with his duly appointed counsel, waived arraignment, moved for a preliminary hearing, entered a plea of not guilty, requested a jury trial and moved to quash the information. On October 10 the mentioned cases were consolidated for trial and defendant moved to dismiss the cases for the reasons that his arrest in Arkansas and his subsequent forcible return to the state of Kansas without extradition or waiver thereof were illegal, that the court acquired no jurisdiction over the person of defendant, and that any