The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Rory Foster for the murder of Briawna Hardrick in her east Iola apartment in 2006.
He was sentenced in July 2008 to 50 years in prison without chance of parole.
The appeal to the Supreme Court questioned Foster’s competency to stand trial, claimed prosecutorial errors and proposed that he did not receive a fair trial. The justices found to the contrary, letting stand Foster’s convictions and sentencings for murder, rape, arson, kidnapping, sodomy and battery.
The justices’ conclusion was, “Each of…
Court upholds Foster conviction, prison sentence
