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- Title: State v. Walden
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 06, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 51 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by The question presented in this State appeal is whether section
21-3708 of our New Criminal Code (K.S.A. 1970 Supp.) entitled
"Habitually giving worthless checks" is a form of an Habitual
Criminal Act or a declaration of a distinct and separate criminal
offense. Defendant was charged with two violations of the statute in two
counts of an information filed on August 14, 1970. The
information reads in full as follows:
"COUNT I
"I, Robert G. Frey, the undersigned, County
Attorney of said County, in the name, by the
authority, and on behalf of the State of Kansas, come
now here and give the Court to understand and be
informed that on the 5th day of July, A.D., 1970, in
said County of Seward and State of Kansas, one Clint
Walden a/k/a Clint Stout a/k/a Clinton Stout did then
and there unlawfully, feloniously, and willfully give
a worthless check as defined by K.S.A. 21-3707, in
the sum of $20.00 the said Clint Walden having been
twice convicted of giving a worthless check on the
23rd day of May, 1970, in the County of Seward, State
of Kansas, and on the 20th day of June, 1970, in the
County of Seward, State of Kansas, both of said
convictions having occurred within two (2) years
immediately preceding the giving of said worthless
check alleged above, which check is as follows: