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- Title: State v. Keeler
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 06, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Appeals by both the defendant and the State in a criminal action have been consolidated in this court. Louis Keeler, Jr., appeals his jury conviction of felony theft (K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 21-3701). The case, originally docketed in the Court of Appeals, was transferred to the Supreme Court pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3018(c). The State, in the same case, appeals from the sentencing of the defendant. The appeal of the defendant upon transfer to this court was consolidated with the appeal of the State. We will first address the appeal of the defendant. Edward and Lesa Sippel awoke at their home in Wichita on the morning of May 2, 1984, to find their 1977 Toyota Celica automobile missing. It had been parked and locked at the Sippel home at approximately 11:15 p.m. the previous evening. Mrs. Sippel testified she had placed her keys, along with her purse, on the couch in their home. The next morning the key ring and purse remained where she had placed them, but the Toyota key was missing. The automobile was found on May 11, 1984, parked at the intersection of 17th Street and Poplar in Wichita, approximately [238 Kan. 358]