Month: August 2020
Updated on September 10, 2024
Qualified Immunity Undermines Civil Rights Claims, But the Supreme Court Won’t Hear It
At the end of the 2019–2020 term, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear seven cases related to qualified immunity, a doctrine that shields governmental officials from liability in civil actions brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. …
Updated on September 10, 2024
A Welfare Check Gone Arrest: Attenuation Doctrine and the Fourth Amendment
Author: Dahnika Short, Staff Editor State v. Ellis, No. 120,046 (Kan. August 8, 2020) Issue: The attenuation doctrine renders illegally obtained evidence admissible when the connection between the evidence and the unconstitutional police conduct is sufficiently remote or …
Updated on September 10, 2024
District Courts May Impose Sentences Concurrently or Consecutively When the Sentencing Occurs for Multiple Cases on the Same Day
Author: Michael Raven, Comments Editor State v. Dunham, No. 121,081 (Kan. Ct. App., July 31, 2020) Issue: Following his probation revocation, the trial court sentenced Jeremy Dunham for multiple cases on the same date. Kan. Stat. Ann. § …
