Supreme Court of Kansas, 2006

The court held that a district court may not revoke probation based on criminal conduct committed before probation was granted because no probation condition existed when the conduct occurred.

The court affirmed Gunby's first-degree murder conviction and life sentence despite errors in admitting prior-violence evidence and in the prosecutor's discussion of premeditation. It held that all other-crimes evidence must be analyzed under K.S.A.

The court held that the statutory grounds requiring discharge from a mandatory drug treatment program are not the exclusive grounds for revoking S.B. 123 probation. Because Gumfory violated the mandatory condition requiring obedience to the law and had been removed from the treatment program, the district court had…

The court held that the governing reimbursement statute requires a sentencing judge to consider and expressly state on the record the defendant's financial resources and the burden of payment when assessing fees and setting their payment method.

The opinion adopts a unified framework for analyzing double-jeopardy and multiplicity claims arising from multiple convictions in one prosecution. It holds that unitary conduct is first identified using factors such as time, location, causal relationship, intervening events, and fresh impulse; multiple-statute…

The court affirmed the denial of Edgar’s presentence motion to withdraw her guilty pleas to felony murder and two child-abuse counts. It held that the plea colloquy adequately addressed the waiver of appellate rights, established a factual basis through the preliminary-hearing evidence, and sufficiently explained the…

The court granted mandamus because the district court’s order authorizing subpoenas for 90 complete abortion-patient files failed to apply the proper legal standard and did not adequately protect constitutional privacy interests.