Month: June 2021

House Bill No. 2071 — Expanding Protection for Minors against Stalking

Author: Betsy Donahue, Staff Editor House Bill No. 2071 amends Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5427 to include additional protections for individuals under fourteen years old in Section 1(a)(4).  Stalking now includes an individual’s intentional behavior toward a child …

State v. Albano: Revisiting the Right to Have a Jury Consider Sentence-Enhancing Prior Convictions

Author: Dahnika Short, Staff Editor  State v. Albano, No. 120,767 (Kan. May 28, 2021)  Issue: Does Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights guarantee the right to have a jury determine the existence of sentence-enhancing prior convictions under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines …