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Jessica Law defendant in Kansas

5 Kansas opinions name it 2 courts 2011–2020 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Kansas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Holmangreen
kan · 2012 · cited in 2 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
2 sentences

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

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State v. Ballardgreen
kan · 2009 · cited in 2 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2011–2011
2 sentences

2011In Sellers’ view, his situation also is distinct from that of the Jessica’s Law defendant in State v. Ballard, 289 Kan. 1000 , 218 P.3d 432 (2009), in which we affirmed a district judge’s correction of an illegal 36-month postrelease term to a lifetime term, even though 2 weeks had passed between the original imposition and the correction.

2011In Sellers’ view, his situation also is distinct from that of the Jessica’s Law defendant in State v. Ballard, 289 Kan. 1000 , 218 P.3d 432 (2009), in which we affirmed a district judge’s correction of an illegal 36-month postrelease term to a lifetime term, even though 2 weeks had passed between the original imposition and the correction.

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State v. Reynagreen
kan · 2010 · cited in 2 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2011–2011
2 sentences

2011See State v. Reyna, 290 Kan. 666 , 234 P.3d 761 (2010); State v. Colston, 290 Kan. 952 , 235 P.3d 1234 (2010).

2011See State v. Reyna, 290 Kan. 666 , 234 P.3d 761 (2010); State v. Colston, 290 Kan. 952 , 235 P.3d 1234 (2010).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Kansas. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Colston green
kan · 2010
2 sentences

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

42011–2016
State v. Sellers green
kan · 2011
2 sentences

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

22016–2016
State v. Sellers green
kan · 2011
2 sentences

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

22016–2016
State v. Portillo green
kan · 2012
2 sentences

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

2016We bolstered our conclusion with the facts that the charging document did include Reyna's year of birth in its caption and did state at the bottom of the page that the charges were for off-grid crimes. 290 Kan. at 678; see also State v. Holman, 295 Kan. 116, 151 , 284 P.3d 251 (2012) (charging document omitted defendants age; any deficiency did not invalidate defendant's conviction or sentence); State v. Portillo, 294 Kan. 242, 252 , 274 P.3d 640 (2012) (listing cases rejecting defendant's argument of deficient charging document based on omission of defendant's age); State v. Sellers, 292 Kan.

22016–2016
State v. Jolly green
kan · 2015
1 sentence

2020K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 21-6627(d)(1) grants the district court the discretion to sentence the defendant under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act for a Jessica's Law violation, rather than the presumptive sentence of lifetime imprisonment, if the court "finds substantial and compelling reasons, following a review of mitigating circumstances, to impose a departure." Substantial means "something that is real, not imagined, something with substance and not ephemeral"; compelling "implies that the court is forced, by the facts of a case, to leave the status quo or go beyond what is ordinary." Jolly, 3

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