Title: State v. Carpenter

State: kansas

Issuer: Kansas Supreme Court

Document:

195 Kan. 162 (1965)
403 P.2d 996
THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee,
v.
CLAUDE M. CARPENTER, JR., Appellant.
No. 42,817

Supreme Court of Kansas.
Opinion filed July 10, 1965.
Claude Lee, of Wichita, argued the cause, and was on the briefs for appellant.
Keith Sanborn, County Attorney, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, Attorney General, Charles Henson and Park McGee, Assistant Attorneys General, of Topeka, and R. K. Hollingsworth, Deputy County Attorney, of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for appellee.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
FATZER, J.:
The appellant, Claude M. Carpenter, was charged, tried by a jury, and convicted of second degree burglary, grand larceny, third degree burglary, and possession of burglary tools. The defendant was represented by counsel of his own choice at the trial. Following the defendant's conviction, counsel filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he also appeared with the defendant when he was sentenced.
During the presentation of the state's case in chief, evidence was introduced that the defendant and his accomplice burglarized the Interstate Securities Company office in Wichita at about 5:00 o'clock in the morning on April 11, 1960. The defendant was apprehended in his home about 30 minutes later following his identification by a newsboy who was delivering his morning paper route and saw him and his accomplice near and leaving the scene of the burglarized *163 office. Exhibits in the form of bills and coins, two cash boxes containing identifying material from the Interstate office, and a red shirt and a pair of trousers were offered in evidence. The defendant was wearing the red shirt and trousers when he was observed at the scene of the burglary. He seeks reversal of his conviction upon the theory that the shirt and the trousers were taken from his home as the result of an alleged unlawful search and seizure when police officers arrested him in his home without a search warrant. During the presentation of the state's evidence, and specifically with respect to the offer of all the exhibits including the red shirt and trousers, the following occurred:
"MR. CLARKSON: I'm not objecting.
"MR. CLARKSON: None whatever.
"MR. CLARKSON: That's all you're offering?
"MR. CLARKSON: O.K. No objection.
The defendant's motion for a new trial contained five grounds specifying that the district court had misdirected the jury in a material matter of law; that the verdict was in whole or in part contrary to the evidence; that the verdict was given under the influence of passion or prejudice; that on account of accident or surprise which ordinary prudence on the part of the defendant could not have prevented, and for abuse of discretion of the court whereby the defendant was not afforded a reasonable opportunity to present his evidence and be heard on the merits of the case.
Following the defendant's confinement in the Kansas State Penitentiary, he filed his notice of appeal to this court pro se, which recited that he gave "timely notice of intention to appeal from the judgment entered by" the district court. Thus, the defendant appealed only from the conviction and judgment rendered in the case, and he did not appeal from the order overruling his motion for a new trial.
*164 During the pendency of the appeal, the parents of the appellant, Claude M. Carpenter, Jr., employed Claude Lee, a member of the Sedgwick County Bar Association, to represent the defendant in this court.
The defendant principally argues that the district court erroneously admitted into evidence the red shirt and trousers which were taken from the defendant's home following his arrest when, it is claimed, police officers illegally forced entry into his home to arrest him and there seized his personal effects. The contention relates solely to an alleged trial error and is not subject to appellate review because no appeal was taken from the district court's order overruling the defendant's motion for a new trial. Moreover, the question here raised was not included in the defendant's motion as a ground for a new trial for the obvious reason that the defendant did not object to the introduction of the exhibits in question, but affirmatively consented to their introduction during the trial.
It is the long-established and well-settled rule of appellate procedure that where a defendant appeals from a conviction and sentence against him, alleged trial errors will not be considered on appellate review unless the defendant appeals from the order overruling his motion for a new trial and specifies such ruling as error. A few of our many decisions applying the rule to appellate review of criminal cases are State v. Shehi, 125 Kan. 110, 263 Pac. 787; State v. Owen, 161 Kan. 361, 168 P.2d 917; State v. Turner, 183 Kan. 496, 328 P.2d 733; State v. Hamilton, 185 Kan. 101, 340 P.2d 390, 361 U.S. 920, 4 L. Ed. 2d 188, 80, S.Ct. 265; State v. Combs, 186 Kan. 247, 350 P.2d 129; State v. Bednark, 187 Kan. 236, 356 P.2d 848; State v. Armstrong, 188 Kan. 567, 363 P.2d 520; State v. Mize, 191 Kan. 129, 379 P.2d 317; State v. Aeby, 191 Kan. 333, 381 P.2d 356, and State v. Ryan, 193 Kan. 672, 396 P.2d 363.
In State v. Aeby, supra, it was said:
For cases following State v. Aeby, supra, see State v. Smith, 193 Kan. 299, 392 P.2d 902; State v. Marsh, 193 Kan. 302, 392 P.2d 953; State v. Adams, 193 Kan. 523, 394 P.2d 114, and State v. Ryan, supra.
*166 As the record indicates, the only grounds urged for reversal relate to the admission into evidence of the red shirt and trousers taken from the defendant's home when he was arrested. The ruling of the district court admitting them in evidence during the course of the trial falls within the category of alleged trial errors. Appellate review of the ruling is precluded under the well-established rules of this court heretofore set forth.
We have fully reviewed the record and find no merit in the defendant's contention. He was represented by competent counsel throughout his trial. We know of no reason why the rule of cases heretofore cited should not be followed, and we deny no federal right since no federal question was presented for decision.
The judgment is affirmed.