Case Law Updates

Selected case law synopses are provided courtesy of the Kansas Bar Association and are intended to be used by members of the criminal justice and legal professions, in conjunction with other research, to assist in the exercise of independent professional judgment. Cases within a particular index topic are in order with the most recent at the top. The synopses are posted with the understanding that the Kansas Sentencing Commission and its staff do not render legal advice.

• Appeals
• Crime Severity Levels
• Criminal History +
  • Definition of Prior Crime
  • General Issues
  • Juvenile Adjudications
  • Proof of Criminal History
  • Scoring of Criminal History
• DNA
• Jail Credit
• Juveniles
• Plea Agreements
• Postrelease
• Probation +
  • Jail Time as a Condition of Probation
  • Revocation
• Sentencing Issues+
  • Consecutive & Concurrent Sentencing+
    • Double & Double/ Double Rules
    • General Issues
    • Primary & Base Crime
  • Departures
  • Diversions
  • DUI
  • Frazier, McAdam & Campbell Issues
  • General Issues
  • Illegal Sentences
  • Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA)
  • Multiplicity/ Double Jeopardy/ Apprendi
  • Restitution
  • 2003 Senate Bill 123
  • Sentencing Hearings
  • Sentencing Modifications
  • Special Sentencing Applications/ Rules +
    • Capital Murders/ Death Penalty
    • Hard 40/50 Sentencing
    • K.S.A. 21-4603d Special Rules
    • Labette Correctional Conservation Camp
    • Persistent Sex Offender
    • Sexually Violent Predator

Case Law Updates 1993 through 08/31/2005

• Case Law Update 08/31/2005
• Case Law Update 04/01/2005
• Case Law Update 12/01/2004
• Case Law Update 09/24/2004

  Please see Appendix A for Case Law Updates from 1993 through May 2004