[DOWNLOAD] "State v. Wilkins" by Supreme Court of Kansas # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Wilkins
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 15, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Frank Wilkins was found guilty by a jury of burglary (K.S.A. 1972 Supp. 21-3715) and theft (K.S.A. 1972 Supp. 21-3701 [a]) and he was committed to the custody of the Director of State Penal Institutions. On appeal he raises four points including the insufficiency of the evidence. The state's evidence was indirect or circumstantial and defendant's guilt was largely based on possession and use of a stolen shotgun within three hours after the shotgun had been stolen. The testimony of the witnesses fairly established the following facts. The owner of the shotgun, Frederick Ungerer, worked at the GEM store in Wichita. On November 22, 1972, the Winchester 1200 shotgun was hanging on a rack in the cab of the owner's pickup truck which he had driven to work. The pickup was locked and parked in a parking lot near the store. The owner testified the pickup truck was entered by breaking a vent window. He saw the gun at 2:00 p.m. on that day. At 3:45 p.m. he discovered the broken vent window. The gun had been removed from the truck. He had no knowledge of who took the gun.