Month: February 2023
Updated on September 10, 2024
Para, Para, Para, Para, Paraphernalia: Single or Plural under Kansas Law?
Brooke Flucke, Staff Editor
Kansas Supreme Court interprets “drug paraphernalia” in K.S.A. § 21-5709(b) as plural so that there can only be a single unit of prosecution based on defendant’s intent for possession.
Updated on September 10, 2024
You’re either in or you’re out! K.S.A. § 60-455(g) is an Exhaustive List and Limits Propensity Evidence
Hailey Reed, Staff Editor
The Kansas Court of Appeals held K.S.A. § 60-455(g)’s definition of “act or offense of sexual misconduct” is exhaustive. Therefore evidence of prior acts or offenses of sexual misconduct must meet this definition to be admissible under subsection (d).