Case Name: John R. Britton, Appellant, v. Tracy A. Hand, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Appellee
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1960-12-10
Citations: 187 Kan. 487
Docket Number: No. 42,091
Parties: John R. Britton, Appellant, v. Tracy A. Hand, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 187
Pages: 487–487

Head Matter:
No. 42,091
John R. Britton, Appellant, v. Tracy A. Hand, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Appellee.
(357 P. 2d 326)
Opinion filed December 10, 1960.
John R. Britton was on the brief pro se.
J. Richard Foth, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and John Anderson, Jr., attorney general, was with him on the brief for the appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Leavenworth county denying appellant's application for a writ of habeas corpus.
The appellant's sole contention is that he was sentenced for first degree robbery to a term of not less than ten years (G. S. 1949, 21-530), and that the minimum sentence was unauthorized in view of the provisions of G. S. 1957 Supp., 62-2239, which purportedly limited the minimum sentence which the sentencing court might impose to seven years.
This same contention was made in State v. O'Connor, 186 Kan. 718, 353 P. 2d 214, and the matter was thoroughly dealt with therein and the conclusions reached by this court are controlling in this case.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed on authority of State v. O'Connor, supra.