Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 65-2502 (2026)

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65-2502.

History: L. 1957, ch. 338, § 2; L. 1971, ch. 211, § 1; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 234, § 41; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Mentioned; search and seizure without warrant incidental to arrest held constitutional. State v. Crouch, 192 Kan. 602, 603, 389 P.2d 824.

2. Sentence under habitual criminal act (K.S.A. 21-107a) not cruel and unusual punishment. State v. Coutcher, 198 Kan. 282, 283, 424 P.2d 865.

3. Conviction hereunder affirmed; marijuana discovered as part of a reasonable search. State v. Thomas, 205 Kan. 442, 469 P.2d 279.

4. Confinement for violation of this section did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, although defendant had terminal disease. State v. Mader, 205 Kan. 835, 472 P.2d 236.

5. Marijuana discovered in defendant's car after check of driver's license pursuant to K.S.A. 8-244; conviction hereunder upheld. State v. Grabowski, 206 Kan. 532, 535, 479 P.2d 830.

6. Stash of marijuana located on information of informant; conviction for possession upheld. State v. Grider, 206 Kan. 537, 538, 479 P.2d 818.

7. Conviction hereunder upheld; no error. State v. Whiters, 206 Kan. 770, 481 P.2d 992.

8. Conviction upheld; allegation in information as to exact quantity of drug possessed properly disregarded as surplusage. State v. Benson, 207 Kan. 453, 455, 485 P.2d 1266.

9. Mentioned on interlocutory appeal questioning order suppressing evidence. State v. Boyle, 207 Kan. 833, 836, 486 P.2d 849.

10. Telephone communications admissible where relevant; immunity from unreasonable search and seizure voluntarily waived. State v. Williamson, 210 Kan. 501, 502, 502 P.2d 777.

11. Procuring agent for purchaser not guilty of unlawful sale. State v. Osburn, 211 Kan. 248, 249, 505 P.2d 742.

12. Conviction hereunder reversed; defenses of entrapment and procuring agent are not inconsistent. State v. Fitzgibbon, 211 Kan. 553, 554, 557, 559, 507 P.2d 313.

13. Conviction hereunder upheld; evidence of past crimes to disprove entrapment inadmissible where defense not raised and sale of narcotics denied. State v. Davis, 213 Kan. 54, 515 P.2d 802.

14. Conviction hereunder affirmed; entrapment not established as matter of law. State v. Bagemehl, 213 Kan. 210, 211, 515 P.2d 1104.

15. Conviction hereunder; error in failure to instruct jury on issue of entrapment. State v. Einhorn, 213 Kan. 271, 515 P.2d 1036.

16. Conviction hereunder affirmed; convictions for drug offenses held inadmissible under K.S.A. 60-421 for impairing credibility of witness. State v. Belote, 213 Kan. 291, 292, 516 P.2d 159.

17. Possession of marijuana is not lesser included offense in the offense of unlawfully selling. State v. Woods, 214 Kan. 739, 743, 746, 522 P.2d 967.

18. Complaint alleged violation of repealed section; sufficiently informed of charge of unlawful possession of marijuana. State v. Salters, 214 Kan. 860, 861, 522 P.2d 436.

19. Conviction hereunder; court erred in admitting statistics concerning successful prosecutions of purchases made by state's witness. State v. Steger, 216 Kan. 534, 532 P.2d 1115.

20. Conviction hereunder; arrest valid; constructive possession sufficient. State v. Walker, 217 Kan. 186, 535 P.2d 924.

21. Mentioned in citing case involving appeal from conviction hereunder. State v. McCowan, 226 Kan. 752, 759, 602 P.2d 1363.


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1958–1979 · leading case: State v. McCowan, 602 P.2d 1363 (Kan. 1979).
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State v. McCowan, 602 P.2d 1363 (Kan. 1979). “In Osbum the defendant was originally convicted of the unlawful sale of heroin under K.S.A. 65-2502 (Corrick). State v. Osburn, 211 Kan.”
State v. Berry, 573 P.2d 584 (Kan. 1977). “The defendant in the Benson case was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana under K.S.A. 65-2502, et seq., the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act.”
State v. Crouch, 389 P.2d 824 (Kan. 1964). · cites it 2× “” In the instant case the defendant does not question the validity of his arrest on the warrant issued out of Wyandotte county at the time in question, nor that the search, with defendant’s consent, for the fruits of the crime revealed the unlawful possession of the cannabis in…”
Lawton v. Hand, 331 P.2d 886 (Kan. 1958). · cites it 2× “” In section 65-2502, we find: “It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, possess, have under his control, sell, prescribe, administer, dispense, or compound any narcotic drug except as authorized in this act.”
State v. Salters, 522 P.2d 436 (Kan. 1974). “) K.S.A. 65-2502 and K.S.A. 1971 Supp. 65-2519 (b) provided that unlawful possession of marijuana was a class A misdemeanor.”
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