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K.S.A. § 60-407

General abolition of disqualifications and privileges of witnesses, and of exclusionary rules

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60-407. General abolition of disqualifications and privileges of witnesses, and of exclusionary rules. Except as otherwise provided by statute (a) every person is qualified to be a witness, and (b) no person has a privilege to refuse to be a witness, and (c) no person is disqualified to testify to any matter, and (d) no person has a privilege to refuse to disclose any matter or to produce any object or writing, and (e) no person has a privilege that another shall not be a witness or shall not disclose any matter or shall not produce any object or writing, and (f) all relevant evidence is admissible.

History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-407; January 1, 1964.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 204 cases (33 in the last 5 years), 1966–2026 · leading case: State v. Gunby
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State v. Gunby (2006) kan · cites it 4× “K.S.A. 60-407 states that "all relevant evidence is admissible" except that evidence which is excluded under a statute.”
Miller v. GLACIER DEVELOPMENT CO., LLC (2007) kan · cites it 8× “He did this, and he did that, and he's got experts now saying it's worth all this money. So that almost to me makes—the wide disparity between the valuations of the opinions, the valuations and so forth, is what leads me to allow in that form in '96, the purchase price.”
State v. Marsh (2004) kan · cites it 4× “K.S.A. 60-407(f). Relevant evidence is "evidence having any tendency in reason to prove any material fact.”
State v. Miller (2018) kan · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 60-407(f). Relevant evidence is evidence having "'any tendency in reason to prove any material fact.”
State v. Carr (2014) kan · cites it 3× “K.S.A. 60-407(f). Relevant evidence is ‘evidence having any tendency in reason to prove any material *201 fact.”
Trammel v. United States (1980) scotus · cites it 2× “Code §§ 34-1-14-4 , 34-1-14-5 (1976); Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 60-407 , 60-428 (1976); Maine Rules of Evidence 501, 504; N.”
State v. Reid (2008) kan · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 60-407(f). Evidence is relevant if it has any tendency in reason to prove any material fact.”
State v. Clark (1997) kan · cites it 4× “K.S.A. 60-407(f). "Relevant evidence" is evidence having any tendency in reason to prove any material fact.”
City of Wichita v. Sealpak Co. (2005) kan · cites it 4× “60-407 is our statutory acknowledgment of the “fundamental principle that the primary test of admissibility of evidence is its relevancy to the issue being investigated and that the trier of fact should have all of the relevant evidence which is offered unless some overriding…”
State v. Waldschmidt (2024) kan · cites it 2× “Under K.S.A. 60-407(f), all relevant evidence is admissible unless barred by statute, constitutional provisions, or caselaw.”
State v. Robinson (2012) kan · cites it 2× “Finally, the State urges us to uphold the trial court’s ruling as “right for the wrong reason,” because C.”
State v. Meggerson (2020) kan “See K.S.A. 60-407(f); Nauheim v. City of Topeka, 309 Kan.”
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— K.S.A. § 60-407(1) — 3 cases
State v. Mitchell (2008) kan
State v. Kleypas (2006) kan
State v. Perrigo (1985) kanctapp
— K.S.A. § 60-407(a) — 1 case
State v. Akins (2014) kan
— K.S.A. § 60-407(b) — 3 cases
State v. Robinson (2012) kan “Finally, the State urges us to uphold the trial court’s ruling as “right for the wrong reason,” because C.”
State v. Stinson (2010) kanctapp
In Re the Investigation Into the Homicide of T.H. (1997) kanctapp
— K.S.A. § 60-407(c) — 1 case
Doty v. Wells (1984) kanctapp
— K.S.A. § 60-407(f) — 149 cases
Miller v. GLACIER DEVELOPMENT CO., LLC (2007) kan “He did this, and he did that, and he's got experts now saying it's worth all this money. So that almost to me makes—the wide disparity between the valuations of the opinions, the valuations and so forth, is what leads me to allow in that form in '96, the purchase price.”
State v. Marsh (2004) kan “K.S.A. 60-407(f). Relevant evidence is "evidence having any tendency in reason to prove any material fact.”
State v. Miller (2018) kan “K.S.A. 60-407(f). Relevant evidence is evidence having "'any tendency in reason to prove any material fact.”
State v. Carr (2014) kan “K.S.A. 60-407(f). Relevant evidence is ‘evidence having any tendency in reason to prove any material *201 fact.”
State v. Gunby (2006) kan “K.S.A. 60-407 states that "all relevant evidence is admissible" except that evidence which is excluded under a statute.”
— K.S.A. § 60-407(j) — 1 case
State v. Holt (1980) kan
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