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- Title: State v. Robertson
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 31, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is a direct appeal from a conviction of robbery (K.S.A. 21-3426). The defendant, Dale A. Robertson, was charged with aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3427) but was convicted of the lesser offense. In sentencing the defendant, the trial court invoked the habitual criminal statute (K.S.A. 21-4504[2]). The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction and the application of the habitual criminal statute in imposing sentence. The facts in the case are not greatly in dispute and are as follows: A robbery occurred on December 14, 1977, at a convenience store in Olathe, Kansas. At 11:20 p.m., a man later identified as the defendant, walked into the store and was observed by two store employees, Gary Williams and Larry Williams. As Larry Williams was preparing to take the store receipts to his car, he heard the robber mumble something to Gary. Larry asked the robber what he had said and the robber replied, This is a robbery. I want all your money. As he said those words, the robber put his right hand in his coat pocket and pointed the coat [225 Kan. 573]