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K.S.A. § 21-4708 (2026)

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21-4708.

History: L. 1992, ch. 239, § 8; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 258; L. 1994, ch. 291, § 53; L. 1994, ch. 338, § 10; L. 2009, ch. 32, § 35; Repealed, L. 2010, ch. 136, § 307; July 1, 2011.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Severity level of drug possession charge under K.S.A. 65-4162 should have been enhanced for conviction under prior statute (K.S.A. 65-4127b). State v. Crank, 262 Kan. 449, 456, 989 P.2d 890 (1997).

2. Conviction hereunder upheld; traffic stop and smell of marijuana provided probable cause for search. State v. Preston, 41 Kan. App. 2d 981, 207 P.3d 1081 (2009).


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1995–2010 · leading case: State v. Knight, 241 P.3d 120 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010).
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State v. Knight, 241 P.3d 120 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). “21-3439(a)(4) (defines capital murder as the killing of the victim of several crimes and includes attempts of those crimes); *681 K.S.A. 21-4708 (crime severity level for drug offenses also applies to attempts of drug crimes).”
State v. McCallum, 895 P.2d 1258 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995). “K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 21-4707(c)(3); K.S.A. 1993 Supp.”
State v. Knight, 218 P.3d 1177 (Kan. 2009). “21-3439(a)(4) (defines capital murder as the killing of the victim of several crimes and includes attempts of those crimes); K.S.A. 21-4708 (crime severity level for drug offenses also applies to attempts of drug crimes).”
State v. Crank, 939 P.2d 890 (Kan. 1997). “For example, K.S.A. 21-4708(b)(2) provides: “No plea bargaining agreement may be entered into whereby the prosecutor agrees to decline to use a prior drug conviction of the defendant to elevate or enhance the severity level of a drug crime as provided in K.”
State v. Preston, 207 P.3d 1081 (Kan. Ct. App. 2009). “21-4705, and K.S.A. 21-4708; possession of marijuana contrary to K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4708(b)(2) — 1 case
State v. Crank, 939 P.2d 890 (Kan. 1997). “For example, K.S.A. 21-4708(b)(2) provides: “No plea bargaining agreement may be entered into whereby the prosecutor agrees to decline to use a prior drug conviction of the defendant to elevate or enhance the severity level of a drug crime as provided in K.”
— K.S.A. § 21-4708(b)(l) — 1 case
State v. McCallum, 895 P.2d 1258 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995). “K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 21-4707(c)(3); K.S.A. 1993 Supp.”
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