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Free Immigration Law CLE

August 19, 2008 17:05

For those of you who don't read the Kansas Federal Defender blog (you should, btw), there will be a free immigration/criminal law CLE in KCMO on September 18, 2008. The list of speakers is quite impressive. Here is the information about the CLE and how to sign up. As Melody Evans puts it on the...

Don't argue with yourself

August 18, 2008 19:01

Monique K. Centeno, Lawrence W. Williamson, Jr., and Sean Shores won in State v. Toney, No. 97,326 (Kan App. July 11, 2008), remanding for a new hearing on Mr. Toney's motion to withdraw his plea in a Sedgwick County burglary prosecution. The claim on appeal was that Mr. Toney's attorney at his...

Flashing lights mean stop [NOT FINAL]

August 18, 2008 18:21

Lydia Krebs won in State v. Mollett, No. 97,999 (Kan. App. Aug. 15, 2008), reversing a Sedgwick County burglary conviction and remanding for new trial. The COA majority concluded that by turning on lights, officers seized Mr. Mollett:Relying on our Supreme Court's decisions in Morris and Greever,...

Not guilty in ten minutes

August 14, 2008 19:35

Kip Elliot won an acquittal last week in State v. Sanders, ending a Shawnee County drug and trafficking prosecution. Kip said the jury was out about ten minutes. Short and sweet.Haven't heard much about verdicts lately from the field. Keep us up to date so we can keep everyone else up to date!

Acquittal on agg battery

August 14, 2008 14:57

Here is a Hutch News article reporting that Sam Kepfield won an acquittal in a Reno County aggravated battery prosecution. The jury convicted of theft, but apparently didn't find the state's case persuasive on the person felony charged.

Judicial election results

August 07, 2008 19:10

Here is a Kansas City Star article reporting that incumbent district judge Muriel Harris lost her primary race to assistant district attorney Constance Alvey.Here is a Wichita Eagle article reporting that incumbent district judge Rebecca Pilshaw narrowly won her primary contest against Ross...

Nice article about Defender Project

August 07, 2008 14:21

Thanks to Shawn Minihan for tipping me on this nice lawrence.com article on the KU Defender Project, including memories of Jana Mackey, a Defender Project student that was killed earlier this month.

Nice article about DNA testing

August 07, 2008 14:20

Here is a Lawrence Journal-World article reporting on a case where the KU Defender Project in conjunction with the Innocence Project, is getting some DNA testing in a decades-old rape case.

Prosecutorial election results

August 06, 2008 14:41

Several sitting prosecutors lost primary elections last night. Here is a Topeka Capital-Journal article reporting on a high profile race here in Shawnee County, where Eric Rucker easily defeated incumbent D.A. Robert Hecht. Rucker will face Chad Taylor in the general election.And here is an Olathe...

You can pick your judge . . .

August 05, 2008 14:51

In a couple of related articles, What the Judge Ate For Breakfast is soliciting comments on views about elected vs. selected judges here. And this is a Hutch News/AP article reporting that the Commission on Judicial Performance will be issuing its report on appellate and district judges subject to...