State v. Huesing

Mar 3, 1973
No. 46,891
Reporters:
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Per Curiam:

This is a direct appeal in a criminal case. The defendant was convicted by a jury of uttering a forged ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍instrument in violation of K. S. A. 1972 Supp. 21-3710(b) under which the penalty is imprisonment in the Kansas State Penitentiary for not less than three or more than ten years. Defendant had a prior felony conviction and was sentenced to imprisonment ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍for a minimum of six years and a maximum of twenty years under the Habitual Criminal Act. (K. S. A. 1972 Supp. 21-4504.)

The point on appeal argued by counsel for defendant is that the sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍violation of the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Kansas.

Defendant had been released on parole from a sentence of armed robbery approximately eight months prior to the commission of the offense for which he was convicted in ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍this case. The sentence imposed is within the limits of the applicable statutes and is not erroneous. (State v. Coutcher, 198 Kan. 282, 424 P. 2d 865; and Gladen v. State, 196 Kan. 586, 413 P. 2d 124.)

While other points raised by defendant on appeal were ‍​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‍not argued, they were considered by the court and found to be without merit.

The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.