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- Title: State v. Pray
- Author : Court of Appeals of Kansas
- Release Date : January 11, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 47 KB
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Defendant was charged in the District Court of Butler County with impeding the normal flow of traffic, contrary to K.S.A. 8-1561(a). Following trial to the court, defendant was found guilty as charged and has appealed. The stipulated facts are: ""The facts would show that on the day in question the defendant, Ira E. Pray, was driving a combine east of Augusta in Butler County, Kansas, and that approximately 6 1/2 miles east of Augusta on U.S. Highway 54, Highway Patrolman Charles Hanna came up behind the combine. The evidence would include that there were some thirteen cars behind the combine in addition to the Highway Patrol vehicle. The estimated speed of the combine was 12 to 15 miles per hour; the Highway Patrolman followed the combine for approximately two miles before he pulled the driver of the combine over and arrested him for impeding the flow of traffic under K.S.A. 8-1561(a). ""The defense evidence would indicate that the defendant was preparing to pull over to the side of the road to allow the following traffic to pass him just as the trooper pulled him over. It was the trooper's opinion that during the two miles which he had followed the combine there were at least two or three spots which would have permitted the defendant to have pulled over to allow the accumulating traffic to pass. The defendant acknowledged that he was in route to Eureka, Kansas, some forty to fifty miles from the location of his arrest. He intended to drive the entire distance in his combine."" The sole issue on appeal is whether the evidence is sufficient to support the conviction. K.S.A. 8-1561(a) provides: