Supreme Court of Kansas, 2009

The court affirmed dismissal of the petitioners’ habeas corpus challenge to the Kansas Sexual Predator Treatment Program. It held that their disagreement with the treatment regimen, combined with their admitted noncompliance, did not allege conscience-shocking conduct and prevented them from proving that the program…

The court held that King's failure to make a contemporaneous objection barred appellate review of his claim that the prosecutor improperly questioned him about post-Miranda silence, because the claim concerned the admission of evidence rather than comments to the jury.