Month: May 2020
Updated on September 10, 2024
Understanding Jury Trial Waivers
State v. Harris, No. 117,362 (Kan., Apr. 17, 2020). Issue: Is telling both your attorney, who has informed you of your rights, and the district court, which asks for a choice between a “bench trial and the case …
Updated on September 10, 2024
Defendant’s Responsibility for Fact Finding in Constitutional Sentencing Challenges
State v. Espinoza, No. 118,737 (Kan. Apr. 24, 2020). Issue: Whether a high court must remand a case to the lower court to develop the necessary factual record for an as-applied challenge to a sentence arguing it was …
Updated on September 10, 2024
Kansas v. Glover: U.S. Supreme Court Decides Kansas Case About Traffic Stops
Kansas v. Glover, 140 S.Ct. 1183 (2020). Issue: When an officer learns the registered owner of a vehicle has a revoked driver’s license and initiates a traffic stop, is the inference that the registered owner is also the …
