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K.S.A. § 21-5101 (2026)

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21-5101. Title. This code is called and may be cited as the Kansas criminal code.

History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 1; July 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2021–2025 · leading case: State v. Waldschmidt, 546 P.3d 716 (Kan. 2024).
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State v. Waldschmidt, 546 P.3d 716 (Kan. 2024). “The Kansas Criminal Code, K.S.A. 21-5101 et seq., does not define foreseeability, but the term is not hard to understand.”
State v. Terrell, 488 P.3d 520 (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). “See K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 21-5101 et seq. While there is an obvious need to compare out-of-state convictions and pre-KSGA in-state convictions to current Kansas statutes for classification purposes, there is no such need for post-KSGA in-state convictions; the Kansas Criminal Code…”
State v. Jackson (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). “See K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 21-5101 et seq. While there is an obvious need to compare out-of-state convictions and pre-KSGA in-state convictions to current Kansas statutes for classification purposes, there is no such need for post-KSGA in-state convictions; the Kansas Criminal Code…”
State v. Waldschmidt (Kan. 2024). “The Kansas Criminal Code, K.S.A. 21-5101 et seq., does not define foreseeability, but the term is not hard to understand.”
State v. Cooper (Kan. Ct. App. 2025). “21-5111 states the definitions provided shall apply to words and phrases in the Kansas Criminal Code, K.S.A. 21-5101 et seq., "except when a particular context clearly requires a different meaning.”
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