Tag: Restitution
Updated on February 10, 2025
How Would You Like to Pay? Kansas Court of Appeals Holds That a Defendant Cannot Be Ordered to Use a Specific Asset to Pay Restitution
Kansas v. Smith, No. 126,038, 2025 WL 350217 (Kan. Ct. App. Jan. 31, 2025). Author: Michael Moore, Staff Editor Issue: Can a criminal defendant be ordered to assign their unrealized inheritance or change the beneficiary on their life …
Updated on September 10, 2024
The Criminal Restitution Statutes: Severing the Problematic Portions to Protect the Right to a Jury
Sarah Schmitz, Staff Editor State v. Arnette, No. 112,572, (Kan. Oct. 15, 2021). https://www.kscourts.org/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Opinions/112572_3.pdf?ext=.pdf Issue: Under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6604(b)(2) and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-3424(d)(1), criminal restitution shall be collected and enforced as a civil judgment …
