Kansas

State v. Davidson (Kan. 2021)

Posted: November 3, 2021

Supreme Court of Kansas opinion holding that Mandatory lifetime post-release registration under the Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA) does not constitute punishment for purposes of applying provisions of the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution.

State v. Davidson (Kan. 2021)

State v. N.R. (Kan. 2021)

Posted: November 3, 2021

Kansas Supreme Court opinion holding that the lifetime sex offense registration requirement under the Kansas Offender Registration Act did not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause or federal and state prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment in the context of a person who committed their offense as a juvenile.

State v. N.R. (Kan. 2021)

In re Quillen (Kan. 2021)

Posted: March 15, 2021

Kansas Supreme Court opinion reversing a lower court holding that jury instructions in a SVP transitional release trial were not sufficient to comport with Due Process.

In re Quillen (Kan. 2021)

State v. Genson (Kan. Ct. App. 2020)

Posted: December 20, 2020

Kansas Court of Appeals opinion holding that violations of the Kansas Offender Registration Act are strict liability and do not violate substantive due process.

State v. Genson (Kan. Ct. App. 2020)

In re Jones (Kan. Ct. App. 2020)

Posted: February 1, 2020

Kansas Court of Appeals opinion reversing the dismissal of an SVP petition where expert evaluators disagreed as to whether the Appellee met the statutory criteria for commitment.

In re Jones (Kan. Ct. App. 2020)

United States v. Doby (D. Kan. 2019)

Posted: November 9, 2019

Federal District Court for the District of Kansas rejecting defendant's pre-trial argument that federal SORNA constitutes compelled speech in the context of a failure to register indictment.

United States v. Doby (D. Kan. 2019)

In re Sigler (Kan. 2019)

Posted: September 6, 2019

Kansas Supreme Court affirming the commitment of an individual who was the subject of a second SVP petition in the wake of technical violations of his supervision, rejecting res judicata, collateral estoppel and Due Process arguments.

In re Sigler (Kan. 2019)

State v. Perez-Medina (Kan. 2019)

Posted: September 6, 2019

Divided Kansas Supreme Court opinion affirming lower courts' findings that Kansas' registration scheme was non-punitive in the context of a violent, non-sexual offense.

State v. Perez-Medina (Kan. 2019)

State v. Petersen-Beard (Kan. 2016)

Posted: December 20, 2018

Kansas Supreme Court opinion overruling decisions issued the same day, ultimately holding that the Kansas state SORN law was not sufficiently punitive so as to be subject to Ex Post Facto prohibitions.

State v. Petersen-Beard (Kan. 2016)

State v. Davidson (Kan. 2021)

State v. N.R. (Kan. 2021)

In re Quillen (Kan. 2021)

State v. Genson (Kan. Ct. App. 2020)

In re Jones (Kan. Ct. App. 2020)

United States v. Doby (D. Kan. 2019)

In re Sigler (Kan. 2019)

State v. Perez-Medina (Kan. 2019)

State v. Petersen-Beard (Kan. 2016)

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