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K.S.A. § 21-3826 (2026)

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21-3826.

History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3826; L. 1970, ch. 127, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 298, § 58; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 117; L. 1997, ch. 179, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 179, § 3; L. 2009, ch. 88, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 143, § 10; L. 2010, ch. 147, § 4; Repealed, L. 2011, ch. 30, § 288; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1974–2024 · leading case: State v. Watson, 44 P.3d 357 (Kan. 2002).
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State v. Watson, 44 P.3d 357 (Kan. 2002). · cites it 20× “Watson challenges the constitutionality of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-3826. She concedes the statute is constitutional as applied, but contends it is facially unconstitutional.”
State v. Cole, 710 P.2d 25 (Kan. 1985). · cites it 13× “Appellee Steven Cole, an inmate in the Sedgwick County Jail, was charged with possession of a weapon without authorization or consent of the jailer in violation of K.S.A. 21-3826. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for January 7, 1985.”
State v. Ponce, 907 P.2d 876 (Kan. 1995). · cites it 7× “: Jose Ponce was charged in Count I with possession of marijuana and in Count II with trafficking in contraband in a correctional institution (K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 21-3826), with the marijuana being the contraband.”
State v. Roseberry, 567 P.2d 883 (Kan. 1977). · cites it 8× “Roseberry was charged under K.S.A. 21-3826 with feloniously introducing a drug, marihuana, into the Johnson county jail without the consent of the jailer.”
State v. Warren, 304 P.3d 1288 (Kan. 2013). · cites it 2× ““The question we must address is whether a lesser, or departure, sentence can ever be granted based on the small quantity of drugs involved when sentencing a defendant for bringing contraband into a prison in violation of K.S.A. 21-3826. We review that question independently,…”
State v. Hinostroza, 552 P.3d 1202 (Kan. 2024). · cites it 3× “At the bottom, again in larger letters, the sign warned: 4 "ANY PERSON BRINGING CONTRABAND PAST THIS POINT/ May be charged with K.S.A. 21-3826." K.S.A. 21-3826 was the trafficking contraband statute before a recodification caused the statute to be moved to its current location,…”
Pope v. Ransdell, 833 P.2d 965 (Kan. 1992). “21-3710); (2) a 1976 conviction for attempting to introduce a contraband substance, the drug Valium, into a penal institution (K.S.A. 21-3826); and (3) a 1982 conviction for obtaining a prescription-only drug by fraudulent means (K.”
State v. Brantley, 691 P.2d 26 (Kan. 1984). · cites it 6× “The first count charged defendant with felony murder, claiming the homicide occurred during defendant’s possession of a weapon in a penal institution contrary to K.S.A. 21-3826, a class E felony. The second count charged defendant with a separate violation of K.”
State v. LaGrange, 279 P.3d 105 (Kan. 2012). “See K.S.A. 21-3826 (prohibiting trafficking in contraband in correctional institution); K.”
Shepherd v. Davies, 789 P.2d 1190 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990). “44-12-901(a)(4), which incorporates K.S.A. 21-3826, defining “alcoholic liquor” or “intoxicating beverage” as contraband.”
State v. Perez-Moran, 80 P.3d 361 (Kan. 2003). “21-3413 to K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3826(c)(2) and (d), which provides that traffic in contraband in a correctional facility carries a lesser crime severity level than the same act when committed by a correctional institution employee.”
State v. Harlin, 925 P.2d 1149 (Kan. 1996). “He was later charged in the Ellsworth County District Court with one *883 count, of solicitation to introduce contraband into a penal facility, a violation of K.S.A. 21-3826 and K.S.A. 21-3303, a level 9 nonperson felony, and one count of delivery of marijuana, a violation of K.”
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— K.S.A. § 21-3826(a) — 1 case
State v. Gallardo, 224 P.3d 1192 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010).
— K.S.A. § 21-3826(c)(1) — 1 case
State v. Taylor (Kan. Ct. App. 2017).
— K.S.A. § 21-3826(c)(2) — 1 case
State v. Perez-Moran, 80 P.3d 361 (Kan. 2003). “21-3413 to K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3826(c)(2) and (d), which provides that traffic in contraband in a correctional facility carries a lesser crime severity level than the same act when committed by a correctional institution employee.”
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