Kansas Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
 

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perjury




We now turn to the district court's decision permitting Lang to assert her privilege
against self-incrimination and explain why the ruling properly serves the cons... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. MALIK D. BEASLEY

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his convictions of two counts of criminal use of weapons




In April 2020, Wichita police officer Jared Henry saw photographs of Beasley on social media with what
appeared ... More...
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United States of America v. G’Ante Butler; Zarion Butler

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with opening fire on law enforcement officers


Brothers sentenced to prison for shooting at law enforcement officers




A pair of Kansas brothers will serve time in prison for... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. BERNARD L. SMITH

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree felony murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery,
and battery



On July 2, 2020, Candi Morris arrived at the Wichita Police Department to report
a potential ... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with d two sex crime charges


The State appeals their dismissal



A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles
Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The Sta... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perjury


In the circumstances of this case, the district court properly permitted a witness to assert her constitutional privilege against self-incrimination to avoid testifying at the defendant's criminal trial ... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARITY BLACKMON

Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with challenging the district court's denial of her presentence motion to withdraw her plea and her motion for a durational or dispositional
sentencing departure. .



The State charged Blackmon on March 30, 2... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. BERNARD L. SMITH

Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with correcting an illegal sentence.




In June 2014, Smith filed a pro se motion to correct illegal sentence, arguing his
1988 and 1990 Kansas burglary convictions—convictions for crimes committed befo... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER

Topeka, KS State Attorneys represented the State with a statute of limitations claim,.



A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles
Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The State appeals their dismissal. In 2022,
the State charged Bo... More...
   $0 (04-12-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented a witness with perjury based on his or her preliminary hearing testimony in a criminal case .



Given the issue on appeal, we may quickly sketch the underlying criminal charges
against Defendant Christopher Shawn ... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. RANDY ALLEN BALLANTYNE

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child .



The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child
under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "p... More...
   $0 (02-02-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. TYLER BRANDON MCDONALD

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with filing a motion to suppress evidence obtained .



After dark on a late summer evening in Geary County, a sheriff's
deputy initiated a public welfare stop of Tyler Brandon McDonald. The depu... More...
   $0 (03-08-2024 - KS)

State of Kansas v. Jerome Edward

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with shooting of a marijuana dealer in a robbery attempt .







The facts underlying Edwards convictions, which arise from the shooting of a
marijuana dealer in a rob... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. MILES LOREN MARTIN

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of methamphetamine and failing to affix a drug-tax stamp.






The Double Jeopardy Clauses of the Fifth Amendment to the United States
Constitution and sect... More...
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EDDIE L. CADDELL v. STATE OF KANSAS

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child .





Caddell was charged with rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child in
one case and aggravated criminal ... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARITY BLACKMON

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree, premeditated murder and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon



The State charged Blackmon on March 30, 2021, with first-degree, premeditated
murder and crimina... More...
   $0 (04-19-2024 - KS)

JASON TODD ROSS v. STATE OF KANSAS

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of aggravated kidnapping, three counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary, and
two counts of aggravated battery.






A jury convict... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:
(1) aggravated battery; (2) misdemeanor domestic battery of Lang; and (3) misdemeanor battery of the man who stepped into their altercation.





Given the issue on appeal,... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. EFE CLINTON OSAGHAE

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery.



Efe Osaghae timely appeals, seeking relief from his 68-month term
of imprisonment.




In January 2020, the State charged Osaghae wi... More...
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United States of America v. Devonte Smith

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.


Wichita man sentenced for trafficking fentanyl


A Kansas man was sentenced to 180 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl.

Devont... More...
   $0 (04-14-2024 - KS)

W.D. Martin, Jr. v. United States of America

Wichita, Kansas personal injury car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory.

The United States government has sovereign immunity, which means it cannot be sued without its consent. This is based on the legal doctrine that the sovereign (or king) was not liable to the people.

In 1946 the passage of the Federal Tort Claims... More...
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United States of America v. Richard Ruston

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery .

Missouri man sentenced for bank robbery in Kansas



A Missouri man was sentenced to 100 months in prison for bank robbery.

A federal jury had con... More...    $0 (04-02-2024 - KS)

Britta Franck v. Skylar Thurmond and Waterfall Group, LLC

Wichita, Kansas personal injury car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on auto negligence theories.

Formed in 1995, The Waterfall Group, LLC has advised commercial real estate clients locally and nationally to maximize value and increase return on investment.

Kansas follows the comparative negligence rule. This rule means that if you are found to have contributed to ... More...
   $1 (03-26-2024 - KS)

Hugo Hernandez v. Amazon.com, Inc.

Wichita, Kansas personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory.

Kansas follows the comparative negligence rule. This rule means that if you are found to have contributed to causing the accident in which you were injured, your compensation will be reduced by your percentage of fault.

... More...
   $1 (03-25-2024 - KS)

Estate of Clayton D. Elston, et al. v. Drisco, LLC, et al.

Kansas City, Kansas personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on auto negligence and wrongful death theories.

Kansas follows the comparative negligence rule. This rule means that if you are found to have contributed to causing the accident in which you were injured, your compensation will be reduced by your percentage of fault.

Drisco L.L.C. is a pri... More...
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Kathlene Bell and Michael Bell v. Ashley L. Griswold, Werner Enterprises, Inc., and Platform Science, Inc.

Kansas City, Kansas personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on auto negligence theories.

Kansas follows the comparative negligence rule. This rule means that if you are found to have contributed to causing the accident in which you were injured, your compensation will be reduced by your percentage of fault.

... More...
   $1 (03-22-2024 - KS)

Gary D. Burnett v. Auto-Owners (Mutual) Insurance Company

Kansas City, Kansas insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.

Kansas has adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Model Regulation (1981), subject to certain limited exceptions. K.A.R. 40-1-34. This means that an insurer presented with a property and casu... More...
   $1 (03-22-2024 - KS)

Autumn Bertels v. Farm Bureau Property and Casualty Insurance Co., et al

Kansas City, Kansas insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.

Kansas has adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Model Regulation (1981), subject to certain limited exceptions. K.A.R. 40-1-34. This means that an insurer presented with a property and casualty clai... More...
   $0 (12-22-2023 - KS)

Sharnelle Herrman v. North Star Mutual Insurance Company

Wichita, Kansas insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.

Kansas has adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Model Regulation (1981), subject to certain limited exceptions. K.A.R. 40-1-34. This means that an insurer presented with a property and casualty... More...
   $0 (02-21-2024 - KS)

United States of America v. Tyler Ralls

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance which resulted in death. .

Wichita man sentenced to 25 years in prison for causing fentanyl death



In October 2023, Tyler Ralls, 35, of ... More...
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United States of America v. Demond M. Johnson; Ryan D. Smith

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.

Two Texas men indicted for bank robbery in Kansas



A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging two men in connection with a bank robbery.

Acco... More...
   $0 (03-13-2024 - KS)

State of Kansas v. JOSEPH JAMES CONKLING

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being one count of rape and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child




In October 2021, the State charged Conkling with 98 counts of various sex
offenses, including ... More...
   $0 (02-13-2024 - KS)

State of Kansas v. Randy Allen Ballantine

Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child.





The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child
under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "possessing... More...
   $0 (12-01-2021 - KS)

United States of America v. Charles B. Goodwin

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First Degree Murder In Indian Country.




The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tyler Jay Mullins, age 45, of Ada, Oklahoma, was se... More...
   $0 (01-30-2024 - KS)

J.V. v. Social Security Administration

Wichita, Kansas social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI benefits by HHS.... More...    $0 (02-01-2024 - KS)

Terry L. Anderson v. Textron Aviation, Inc.

Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications and access to state and local government' programs and s... More...
   $1 (01-04-2024 - KS)

Joan Wilson v. United States of America (Department of the Interior)

Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment) theory.

2000e et seq., makes it unlawful for a private employer or a state or local government “to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discrimi- nate against any individual with respect to his compen- sation, terms, con... More...
   $1 (02-08-2024 - KS)

Johnnie C. Bowen v. United States of America

Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto
negligence theory.

The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) is federal legislation enacted in 1946 that provides a legal means for compensating individuals who have suffered personal injury, death, or property loss or damage caused by the negligent or wrongful act or om... More...
   $0 (02-05-2024 - KS)

K.S.M. v. Social Security Administration

Kansas City, Kansas social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW bemefits by HHS.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: the Social Security disability insurance program (title II of the Social Security Act (Act)) and the Suppl... More...
   $0 (01-16-2024 - KS)

Margaret Lynn Nottestad v. The J.M. Smucker Company

Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination) theory.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended, protects employees and job applicants from employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.

... More...
   $1 (01-11-2024 - KS)

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