Supreme Court of Kansas, 2001

The court affirmed Gould's three child-ab abuse convictions, rejecting her challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, jury instructions, and closing argument. It vacated her upward-departure sentence because the sentencing judge, rather than the jury beyond a reasonable doubt, found facts that increased punishment…

The court held that a blanket policy automatically detaining DUI arrestees for 12 hours unlawfully denied them a prompt appearance and the right to make bail because no individualized determination of intoxication and dangerousness was made.