Opinion
No. 43,505
Opinion filed November 2, 1963.
SYLLABUS BY THE COURT
CRIMINAL LAW — Effect Discharge — Validity of Worthless Check Statute. In an appeal from conviction and sentence under G.S. 1949, 21-554, known as the "worthless check" act, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed for the reasons set forth in the similar case of State v. Bontz, 192 Kan. 158, 386 P.2d 201, this day decided.
Appeal from Sedgwick district court, division No. 2; HOWARD C. KLINE, judge. Opinion filed November 2, 1963. Judgment affirmed.
Ralph R. Brock, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Lester L. Morris, Verne M. Laing, Ferd E. Evans, Jr., Joseph W. Kennedy, and C. Robert Bell, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.
Owen J. Ballinger, deputy county attorney, argued the cause, and William M. Ferguson, attorney general, Keith Sanborn, county attorney, and William J. Tomlinson, deputy county attorney, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is an appeal in a criminal proceeding wherein defendant was charged with violation of G.S. 1949, 21-554, known as the "worthless check" act.
In State v. Bontz, 192 Kan. 158, 386 P.2d 201, this day decided, the same defendant was charged with the same crime although the payee of the check and the date and amount thereof are all different. However, due to the similarity of the questions raised in the two cases, the rulings made in No. 43,504 are controlling here and they need not be repeated.
Judgment affirmed.
PRICE, J., not participating.