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K.S.A. § 21-4301 (2026)

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21-4301.

History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4301; L. 1970, ch. 128, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 159, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 98, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 121, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 114, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 210; L. 1993, ch. 253, § 12; L. 1994, ch. 291, § 42; L. 2006, ch. 211, § 5; Repealed, L. 2010, ch. 136, § 307; July 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23 cases, 1973–2020 · leading case: State v. Kleypas, 40 P.3d 139 (Kan. 2001).
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State v. Kleypas, 40 P.3d 139 (Kan. 2001). · cites it 8× “The district court, however, found the films to be obscene by construing the broader definition in our statute to conform to the requirement of the Miller decision.”
State v. Hughes, 792 P.2d 1023 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 14× “Hughes, was charged in Sedgwick district court with promoting obscenity by selling two obscene devices contrary to K.S.A. 21-4301. The trial court found the provisions of K.”
New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982). · cites it 2× “1 -1(c) (1979); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-4301 (2)(a) (1981); Ky.”
State v. Motion Picture Entitled\ the Bet\"", 547 P.2d 760 (Kan. 1976). · cites it 8× “The defense rested on a motion for involuntary dismissal which challenged the validity of the state statute defining obscene material (K.S.A. 21-4301 [2] [ a ] and [3]) on stated constitutional grounds.”
State v. Baker, 711 P.2d 759 (Kan. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 12× “Baker appeals his conviction of two counts of promoting obscenity in violation of K.S.A. 21-4301. Defendant challenges the constitutionality of K.”
State v. Next Door Cinema Corp., 587 P.2d 326 (Kan. 1978). · cites it 6× “K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 21-4301. Appellant was charged with two counts resulting from the commercial exhibition of two motion picture films entitled “Memories Within Miss Aggie” and “Youthful Lust.”
State v. Zabrinas, 24 P.3d 77 (Kan. 2001). · cites it 3× “Promoting obscenity is defined by K.S.A. 21-4301: “(a) Promoting obscenity is knowingly or recklessly: (2) possessing any obscene material or obscene device widi intent to issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate,…”
State Ex Rel. Murray v. Palmgren, 646 P.2d 1091 (Kan. 1982). · cites it 2× “' K.S.A. 21-4301(1). `Willful conduct' is defined as .”
Maguin v. Miller, 433 F. Supp. 223 (D. Kan. 1977). · cites it 5× “These actions, consolidated for hearings upon motions for temporary restraining orders, arise from the efforts of Vern Miller, District Attorney for the Kansas Eighteenth Judicial District, and the Wichita Police Department, to enforce the Kansas obscenity law, K.S.A. 1976 Supp.…”
City of Junction City v. Griffin, 607 P.2d 459 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 2× “However, after considering the manifest intention of the legislature when it passed K.S.A. 21-4301, et seq., and our past difficulties in this area of regulating obscenity we feel fully justified in construing and limiting the present statute to meet constitutional standards.”
Lefevers v. State, 20 S.W.3d 707 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “including masturbation, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, or excretory functions”); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-4301 (c)(l)(B)(i) (1999)("ultimate sexual acts .”
Skov v. Wicker, 32 P.3d 1122 (Kan. 2001). “2d 760 (1976), this court considered a constitutional challenge based on the definition of obscene material in K.S.A. 21-4301(2)(Weeks). That definition did not conform to the constitutional requirements as stated by the United States Supreme Court in Miller v.”
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— K.S.A. § 21-4301(1) — 2 cases
State Ex Rel. Murray v. Palmgren, 646 P.2d 1091 (Kan. 1982). “' K.S.A. 21-4301(1). `Willful conduct' is defined as .”
State v. Hughes, 792 P.2d 1023 (Kan. 1990). “Hughes, was charged in Sedgwick district court with promoting obscenity by selling two obscene devices contrary to K.S.A. 21-4301. The trial court found the provisions of K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(2) — 3 cases
State v. Kleypas, 40 P.3d 139 (Kan. 2001). “The district court, however, found the films to be obscene by construing the broader definition in our statute to conform to the requirement of the Miller decision.”
Skov v. Wicker, 32 P.3d 1122 (Kan. 2001). “2d 760 (1976), this court considered a constitutional challenge based on the definition of obscene material in K.S.A. 21-4301(2)(Weeks). That definition did not conform to the constitutional requirements as stated by the United States Supreme Court in Miller v.”
State v. Hughes, 792 P.2d 1023 (Kan. 1990). “Hughes, was charged in Sedgwick district court with promoting obscenity by selling two obscene devices contrary to K.S.A. 21-4301. The trial court found the provisions of K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(2)(a) — 1 case
State v. Starr Enter., Inc., 597 P.2d 1098 (Kan. 1979).
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(2)(b) — 2 cases
State v. Hughes, 792 P.2d 1023 (Kan. 1990). “Hughes, was charged in Sedgwick district court with promoting obscenity by selling two obscene devices contrary to K.S.A. 21-4301. The trial court found the provisions of K.”
State v. Throne (Kan. Ct. App. 2020).
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(2)(c)(h)(c) — 1 case
State v. Great Am. Theatre Co., 608 P.2d 951 (Kan. 1980).
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(2)(o) — 1 case
State v. Great Am. Theatre Co., 608 P.2d 951 (Kan. 1980).
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(3) — 3 cases
State v. Next Door Cinema Corp., 587 P.2d 326 (Kan. 1978). “K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 21-4301. Appellant was charged with two counts resulting from the commercial exhibition of two motion picture films entitled “Memories Within Miss Aggie” and “Youthful Lust.”
State v. Hughes, 792 P.2d 1023 (Kan. 1990). “Hughes, was charged in Sedgwick district court with promoting obscenity by selling two obscene devices contrary to K.S.A. 21-4301. The trial court found the provisions of K.”
State v. Starr Enter., Inc., 597 P.2d 1098 (Kan. 1979).
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(3)(a) — 1 case
State v. Hughes, 792 P.2d 1023 (Kan. 1990). “Hughes, was charged in Sedgwick district court with promoting obscenity by selling two obscene devices contrary to K.S.A. 21-4301. The trial court found the provisions of K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(3)(c) — 1 case
State v. Hughes, 792 P.2d 1023 (Kan. 1990). “Hughes, was charged in Sedgwick district court with promoting obscenity by selling two obscene devices contrary to K.S.A. 21-4301. The trial court found the provisions of K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(4) — 1 case
State v. Baker, 711 P.2d 759 (Kan. Ct. App. 1985). “Baker appeals his conviction of two counts of promoting obscenity in violation of K.S.A. 21-4301. Defendant challenges the constitutionality of K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(4)(c) — 1 case
State v. Hughes, 792 P.2d 1023 (Kan. 1990). “Hughes, was charged in Sedgwick district court with promoting obscenity by selling two obscene devices contrary to K.S.A. 21-4301. The trial court found the provisions of K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(a)(2) — 1 case
State v. Zabrinas, 24 P.3d 77 (Kan. 2001). “Promoting obscenity is defined by K.S.A. 21-4301: “(a) Promoting obscenity is knowingly or recklessly: (2) possessing any obscene material or obscene device widi intent to issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate,…”
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(a)(4) — 1 case
State v. Knight, 241 P.3d 120 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010).
— K.S.A. § 21-4301(c)(3) — 1 case
Abilene Retail 30, Inc. v. Six, 641 F. Supp. 2d 1185 (D. Kan. 2009).
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