Category: Investigation
Updated on February 20, 2022
Two Paths for Calculating Criminal History: Path of Admission Relieves State from Producing Additional Evidence
Lexi Christopher, Staff Editor State v. Corby, No. 122,584 (Kan. Jan. 21, 2022) Issue: A presentence investigation report (PSI) listed two prior convictions under K.S.A. § 8-1568. However, the PSI did not specify under which subsection the violations …
Updated on August 26, 2020
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 June 2, 2020
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 …
Updated on June 2, 2020
Checking Warrants are within the Scope of Public Safety Stops
State v. McKenna, No. 119,431 (Kan. Ct. App. Jan. 31, 2020). Issue: Is an officer asking for a person’s name and subsequently checking that name for local warrants within the scope of a public safety stop? Answer: Yes, …
Updated on June 2, 2020
Warrantless Blood Test Requires a Remand
State v. Chavez-Majors, No. 115,286 (Kan. Dec. 20, 2019). Issue: Was there probable cause to administer a warrantless blood test on an unconscious driver suspect of a drunk-driving offense? Answer: Yes, there was probable cause to administer a warrantless blood test …
Updated on December 21, 2019
Police Officers Exceed Scope of Welfare Check
State v. Ellis, No. 120,046 (Kan. Ct. App. Nov. 15, 2019) Issue: Did a police officer exceed the scope of a permissible welfare check when he detained the person for whom the welfare check was called after he …
