Kansas Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
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United States of America v. Timothy Vigil
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography
Colorado Recidivist Sex Offender Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Crimes Against Children
A California man was sentenc... More...
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(11-14-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Antonio Laringo Knox
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cty, st criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receiving child pornography
California man sentenced to 240 months for receiving child pornography
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(11-12-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Shan Hanes
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of embezzlement by a bank officer.
Victims of cryptocurrency scam awarded restitution
After a $47.1 million cryptocurrency scheme caused a Kansas ... More...
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(11-07-2024 - KS)
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Maria Varnas v. Conner Thompson
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.
Maria Varnas sued Conner Thompson claiming he used excessive force when he shot and killed Brandon Lynch, age 27, in 2022.
Following the tragic death of her son, Plaintiff Maria Varnas filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as Special Administr... More...
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(11-05-2024 - KS)
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Michael Anthony Allen v. Facebook, et la.
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Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant claiming to have been injured and/pr damaged by Facebook's operation.
Michael Allen filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit
against Facebook and other social media entities alleging that, while incarcerated, he
is the target of some sort of “illegal A.I.” emitter technology, ca... More...
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(11-04-2024 - KS)
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Juan Manuel Aguilar, et al. v. Suegundo A. Aponte Caceda, et al.
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Dodge City, Kansas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants.
On August 11, 2020, KDOT offered to pay the Apontes $63,605 to establish a right-of-way on property they owned along Highway 50 near Dodge City and to reimburse for damages that would occur during an impending highway expansion. The Apontes ultimately accepted the offer and signed a contract of ... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Shawn P. Rosenberg
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Hutchinson, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex crimes.
Here, a jury found that the facts proved that Shawn P. Rosenberg was guilty of several serious sex crimes. In this appeal, we must decide whether legally sufficient evidence was presented to this jury so it could find the accused guilty. We must also decide whether the omission of a certain ... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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T.D. and D.D. v. B.R.
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Kansas City, Kansas family law lawyers represented father and grandparents in a grandparent visitation dispute.
B.R., the natural father (Father) of the minor child at the heart of this case, H.R., appeals from the district court's written order establishing a grandparent visitation plan. When the child's natural mother passed away, the district court awarded custody to Father rather... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. D.H.
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery.
Sixteen-year-old D.H. was charged as a juvenile with aggravated robbery. After the district court granted the State's motion to prosecute him as an adult, a jury convicted him of the lesser included offense of robbery.
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On a fall evening in October 2020, Tasha Poort and... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Kurtis Lee Nichols
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Alma, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement.
Nichols started working at Perfection II Masonry, Inc., in 2019. Nichols worked for Charles Lillich-the president, half owner, and day-to-day operator of Perfection II, which employed around 20 people. The company's store is in Alta Vista, a small community in Wabaunsee County. When he started, ... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Isaiah J. Duckworth
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Lawrence, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual battery.
Duckworth entered a no-contest plea to two counts of aggravated sexual battery in violation of K.S.A. 21-5505(b)(1), a severity level 5 person felony, for his conduct with a 16-year-old victim. At the plea hearing, the district court reviewed the plea advisory and plea agreement that... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Timothy James Eugene Kittle
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McPherson, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually molesting a child.
Kittle and his wife Jayne have two children-their daughter Emma and her older brother Sam. (The names are pseudonyms we have substituted to protect the children's privacy.) Kittle and Jayne separated without divorcing, and she moved to Massachusetts with the children. Jayne encount... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Kristopher Keleti
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Olathe, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.
In October 2018, police officers on patrol noticed what looked like an empty vehicle with its doors open in a hotel parking lot. Because of recent burglaries in the area, the officers approached the vehicle. They foun... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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In the Matter of the Wrongful Conviction of Jason Mashaney
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Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking damages from the State of Kansas as a result of being wrongfully convicted.
In 2004, a jury convicted Mashaney of aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child for his alleged conduct in 2003 with his then-five-year-old daughter, A.A. He was sentenced to 442 months in prison. A Court ... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Hophine Bwosinde
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Wichita, Kansas preparation and filing of false tax returns criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Hophine Bwosinde, of Lenexa, operated Ambroseli Professional Services, a tax preparation business. From 2018 through 2022, Bwosinde prepared and filed false tax returns on behalf of his clients by either inflating legitimate business expenses or by claiming losses ... More...
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(10-22-2024 - KS)
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In the Matter of the Marriage of M.D. and S.D.
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Olathe, Kansas family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce.
After eleven years of marriage and four children together, Father and Mother divorced. Six years of contentious and acrimonious litigation over the parties' children, spousal maintenance, and child support followed. At first, the parties agreed to share equal parenting time with their four chil... More...
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(10-18-2024 - KS)
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Dustin Bain v. South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, L.L.C.
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Wichita, Kansas Federal Employer's Liability Act personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.
The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) is a federal law that gives railroad workers the right to sue their employer for damages if they are injured, sickened, or killed on the job. FELA was passed by Congress in 1908 to improve safety on the railroads and compensate i... More...
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(10-18-2024 - KS)
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Matthew Byrnes, M.C. v. St. Catherine Hospital, et al.
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights job discrimination lawyers represented the Plaintiff.
People get fired from their jobs for many reasons, or, sometimes, for no reason at all. And if the person's an at-will employee, that's just fine, the law says. Just fine, that is, as long as his employer didn't fire him for discriminatory or retaliatory reasons. Plaintiff Dr. Matthe... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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United States of Americav. Ulises Medina-Garcia
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Kansas City, Kansas conspiracy to distribute and posses with intent to distribute controlled substances criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
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(10-18-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Bogdana Alexandrovna Mobley
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Wichita, Kansas international kidnapping criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant.
Bogdana Alexandrovna Mobley has been charged with international parental kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1204. She appeals from the district court's order affirming the magistrate judge's pretrial detention order. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. ... More...
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(12-19-2017 - KS)
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Lori Ann Norris v. IC System, Inc.
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Kansas City, Kansas, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.
Violation of 15 USC 1692 is a section of the United States Code that covers debt collection practices and consumer credit protection. It is part of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which was enacted in March 1978. The FDCPA's purpose is to: ... More...
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(09-24-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Michael D. Wilkins
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with escape from custody.
18:751(a) - Escape from Custody (INDICTMENT FILED 8/23/2023)... More...
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(09-25-2024 - KS)
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In the Interests of H.T. and C.T., Minor Children
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Leavenworth, Kansas family law lawyer represented the father.
The natural father (Father) of C.T. and H.T. appeals the district court's decision to terminate his parental rights. Specifically, Father argues the evidence does not support the district court's finding of his unfitness. But viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, as we are required t... More...
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(09-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. David Lawrence Smith
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Atchison, Kansas aggravated indecent liberties with a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
David Lawrence Smith was convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. In 2016, Smith filed his first K.S.A. 60-1507 motion. This court affirmed the district court's denial of that motion and declined to review the merits of Smith's suffic... More...
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(09-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Enrique C. Perales
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Westmoreland, Kansas stalking, a class A misdemeanor criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
In August 2022, after he had completed his 12-month concurrent sentences and over 6 years after his sentencing, Perales submitted a "Motion for Leave to Appeal Out of Time." He contended that his appointed trial counsel had not filed a notice of appeal regarding his 2016 p... More...
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(09-13-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Justin Qualls
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Olathe, Kansas sexual exploitation of a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Having worked out an agreement with the State, Qualls entered his plea in January 2023 and was sentenced about six weeks later. Qualls admitted to possessing child pornography-a form of sexual exploitation of a child defined in K.S.A. 21-5510(a)(2) as having for sexual or pr... More...
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(09-13-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Reynoldo Contreras-Avila
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McPherson, Kansas aggravated assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
On January 27, 2020, the State charged Contreras-Avila with one count of aggravated assault in violation of K.S.A. 21-5412(b)(1), a level 7 person felony. The charges stemmed from an incident at a local business on January 10, 2020, when Contreras-Avila allegedly stopped and pointed ... More...
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(08-10-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Blake Dean Morgan
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Manhattan, Kansas possession of meth, marijuana and paraphernalia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Riley County Police Officer Paul Terpstra stopped Morgan's car for a traffic violation. During the car stop, Terpstra smelled marijuana in the car, which provided probable cause to search Morgan's car. While searching the car, Terpstra found baggies... More...
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(08-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas Wilburn Fred Vaught III
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Abilene, Kansas aggravated witness intimidation criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
In the summer of 2021, Vaught was charged with numerous offenses in Dickinson County, including three counts of aggravated intimidation of a witness. He was granted a diversion and agreed to refrain from violating the law. In June 2023, however, the State filed a comp... More...
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(08-30-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Michael Wayne Still
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Dodge City, Kansas drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Charged with various drug-related crimes, Michael Wayne Still entered into a plea agreement with the State, part of which would result in the State recommending a departure from a prison sentence to probation-if Still complied with his bond conditions. Still agreed to plead no con... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Charles D. Thomas
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Lawrence, Kansas attempted second-degree intentional murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Charles Thomas and his longtime girlfriend and mother of their three children, L.E., were in their trailer home in Lawrence, Kansas, with their children and a family friend, Andrew Sommer. Thomas had a disability, leaving him unable to get around without t... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Lee Lunsford, Jr.
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Atchison, Kansas drug trafficking charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Lunsford was charged with several drug and traffic charges. After plea negotiations with the State, Lunsford pled guilty to one count of possession of methamphetamine, a severity level 5 drug felony. In exchange, the State dismissed all remaining charges. The parties told the cou... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Zachary Christian Arnold
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Kansas City, Kansas involuntary manslaughter criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
In October 2019, Kansas City police officers were dispatched to a house based on a report that Chris Arnold, the defendant's father, had been shot and killed during an argument between the two men. (This opinion uses Zachary's and Chris' first names for purposes of clarity.) ... More...
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(08-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Larry D. Huggins, III
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Topeka, Kansas felony murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Larry D. Huggins III appeals from his convictions of felony murder, attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. Finding no errors in his trial, we affirm the convictions, but we vacate the imposition of fees and remand the case for reco... More...
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(08-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Juma Jelani Wright
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Topeka, Kansas probation criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Wright pled guilty to possession of an opioid drug, a severity level 5 drug felony, and criminal damage to property, a severity level 9 nonperson felony. The district court sentenced him to 46 months in prison, suspended, and then ordered 12 months supervised probation. This is a dispositio... More...
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(08-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Tyler Joe Mossor
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Wichita, Kansas postconviction relief criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Tyler Joe Mossor appeals the district court's denial of his postsentence motion to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing he demonstrated manifest injustice from his plea counsel's error and because he was coerced into accepting the plea agreement. Mossor failed to carry his burden ... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Anthony McKimmy
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Wichita, Kansas possession of heroin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Anthony McKimmy contends he is serving an illegal sentence because a prior out-of-state conviction was improperly scored as a person felony crime. He is correct. We thus vacate McKimmy's sentence and remand for resentencing.
McKimmy pled guilty to possession of... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Tony M. Payne
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Wichita, Kansas aggravated assult criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Tony M. Payne appeals the revocation of his probation and imposition of his underlying sentence. We granted Payne's motion for summary disposition under Kansas Supreme Court Rule 7.041A (2024 Kan. S.Ct. R. at 48). Finding no error, we affirm.
In 2018, Payne pleade... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Shan Hanes
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of embezzlement by a bank officer.
Former CEO of failed bank sentenced to prison
Shan Hanes, 53, of Elkhart pleaded guilty to one count of embezz... More...
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(08-19-2024 - KS)
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In the Matter of the Marriage of L.S. and D.J.
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Leavenworth, Kansas divorce lawyers represented the husband and wife in a marriage dissolution case.
L.S. and D.J. were married in 2005 and shared a 12-year marriage which gifted them with two children. In late 2017, L.S. filed for divorce. Her petition included a domestic relations affidavit (DRA), minus any child support adjustments, and she did not attach a child sup... More...
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(05-31-2024 - KS)
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