Kansas Child Pornography Law
 

A.S. Vineyard Church of Overland Park d/b/a Vineyard Community Church,Vineyard USA, and Mark Warner

Olathe, Kansas personal injury lawyers reprsented the Plaintiff on a sexual abuse case.

In August 2021, A.S. filed a petition for damages and alleged that she was sexually abused as a child by Robert Bloom, her former youth pastor at Vineyard Church of Overland Park (VCOP). In addition to Bloom, A.S. named VCOP, Vineyard USA (VUSA), and Mark Warner as defendants in her claims of negligen... More...
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In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Boy S.

Wichita, Kansas family law lawyers represent man and wife in an adoption case.

"1. On or about December 17, 2023[,] Baby Boy [S.] was born in Wichita, Sedgwick [C]ounty[,] Kansas.

"2. [R.S.] . . . is the natural mother of Baby Boy [S.]. [R.S.] has filed a consent to allow Baby Boy [S.] to be adopted.

"3. In connection with the adoption proceeding, [R.S.] f... More...
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United States of America v. Daniel Kroeker

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with recept and possession of child pornography.

Defendant decided to peruse Tumblr one night and found himself looking at a six-year-old boy’s genitals. Using the handle “tobeautifullwomen,” he chatted with Kyle Enzminger, whose handle was “kinkyolder53,” on the social media platform.
They discussed t... More...
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State of Kansas v. Jordan Kristopher Yardley

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse.
After the district court revoked Jordan Kristopher Yardley's probation, he moved to withdraw his plea. Yardley alleged his mental health impaired his ability to enter his plea; he lacked sufficient time to review the plea agreement; plea counsel had failed to introduce exonerating evidence and had fai... More...
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State of Kansas v. Levi William Kemp

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

In October 2019, Oath Holdings, Inc.-the parent company of Yahoo-sent a cyber tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding suspected child-sexual-abuse materials detected in one of its accounts. NCMEC referred the matter to Detective Stephanie ... More...
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United States of America v. Daniel Paul Prekopa

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child sexual abuse

Kansas man sentenced for crimes related to child sexual abuse



A Kansas man received a combined sentence of 87 months in prison after ... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. GABRIAELLE AKIN

Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with claiming the district court abused its discretion.



The facts of this case are well known to the parties and will only be briefly stated.
In March 2022, Akin se... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. OTHON MIGUEL LARA-LOPEZ

Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with moving for a new trial



In May 2021, Lara-Lopez was charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a
child after a 12 year old (referred to here under the pseudonym, ... More...
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In the Interests of D.M.H. Jr., M.M.H., M.L.H., and D.M.H., Minor Children.


Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.



Father has four minor children subject to this action: D.M.H. Jr., M.M.H., M.L.H. and D.M.H. (collectively, the children). The natural mother (Mother) of the children is not a party to this appeal, although she separately appealed from the termination of her paren... More...
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In the Interests of G.I. and R.I., Minor Children


Kansas City, Kansas family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.


In June 2022, the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) received a report that a stranger found one-year-old R.I. wandering outside alone. DCF investigated the report and spoke to Mother and J.I. (Father) a few days after the incident. Mother and Father revea... More...
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In the Interests of M.C. and J.M.


Olathe, Kansas family lawyer represented parents in a termination of parental rights action.


The State simultaneously filed separate child in need of care cases in November 2020 for M.C., then barely 2 years old, and J.M., then 10 months old, when Mother stabbed the children's father in their presence. The record indicates Father has chronically

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abused... More...
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In the Interest of A.B.


Wichita, Kansas family law lawyer represented the father in a termination of parental rights action.



A.B. was born in July 2022 and placed in the NICU. A few days later, the State filed a child in need of care petition. The petition alleged that Mother's parental rights to her other seven children and Father's parental rights to his two other children had been recently ... More...
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, United States of America v. Timothy Vigil

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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography

Colorado Recidivist Sex Offender Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Crimes Against Children



A California man was sentenc... More...
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United States of America v. Antonio Laringo Knox

cty, st criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receiving child pornography

California man sentenced to 240 months for receiving child pornography


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State of Kansas v. Shawn P. Rosenberg

Hutchinson, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex crimes.


Here, a jury found that the facts proved that Shawn P. Rosenberg was guilty of several serious sex crimes. In this appeal, we must decide whether legally sufficient evidence was presented to this jury so it could find the accused guilty. We must also decide whether the omission of a certain ... More...
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T.D. and D.D. v. B.R.

Kansas City, Kansas family law lawyers represented father and grandparents in a grandparent visitation dispute.


B.R., the natural father (Father) of the minor child at the heart of this case, H.R., appeals from the district court's written order establishing a grandparent visitation plan. When the child's natural mother passed away, the district court awarded custody to Father rather... More...
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State of Kansas v. Timothy James Eugene Kittle

McPherson, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually molesting a child.

Kittle and his wife Jayne have two children-their daughter Emma and her older brother Sam. (The names are pseudonyms we have substituted to protect the children's privacy.) Kittle and Jayne separated without divorcing, and she moved to Massachusetts with the children. Jayne encount... More...
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In the Matter of the Wrongful Conviction of Jason Mashaney

Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking damages from the State of Kansas as a result of being wrongfully convicted.


In 2004, a jury convicted Mashaney of aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child for his alleged conduct in 2003 with his then-five-year-old daughter, A.A. He was sentenced to 442 months in prison. A Court ... More...
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In the Matter of the Marriage of M.D. and S.D.


Olathe, Kansas family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce.



After eleven years of marriage and four children together, Father and Mother divorced. Six years of contentious and acrimonious litigation over the parties' children, spousal maintenance, and child support followed. At first, the parties agreed to share equal parenting time with their four chil... More...
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United States of America v. Bogdana Alexandrovna Mobley


Wichita, Kansas international kidnapping criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant.


Bogdana Alexandrovna Mobley has been charged with international parental kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1204. She appeals from the district court's order affirming the magistrate judge's pretrial detention order. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. ... More...
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State of Kansas v. David Lawrence Smith


Atchison, Kansas aggravated indecent liberties with a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.


David Lawrence Smith was convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. In 2016, Smith filed his first K.S.A. 60-1507 motion. This court affirmed the district court's denial of that motion and declined to review the merits of Smith's suffic... More...
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State of Kansas v. Justin Qualls


Olathe, Kansas sexual exploitation of a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.



Having worked out an agreement with the State, Qualls entered his plea in January 2023 and was sentenced about six weeks later. Qualls admitted to possessing child pornography-a form of sexual exploitation of a child defined in K.S.A. 21-5510(a)(2) as having for sexual or pr... More...
   $0 (09-13-2024 - KS)

In the Matter of the Marriage of L.S. and D.J.


Leavenworth, Kansas divorce lawyers represented the husband and wife in a marriage dissolution case.



L.S. and D.J. were married in 2005 and shared a 12-year marriage which gifted them with two children. In late 2017, L.S. filed for divorce. Her petition included a domestic relations affidavit (DRA), minus any child support adjustments, and she did not attach a child sup... More...
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In the Matter of the Marriage of S.P, and R.P.


Dodge City, Kansas family law lawyers represented the plaintiff and defendant in a divorce.



Modern divorce courts spring from the old courts of equity where the judges were guided by one principle: try to do what is right and fair under the circumstances. Modern divorce courts, awarding custody and dividing debts and property between two sparring marriage partners, stil... More...
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Tiffany Espinosa v. Todd W. Allen, et al.


Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff.



"Civil rights violations by government officials can occur in many situations, but police misconduct may be the most familiar. Concerns over excessive force by police have mounted in recent years. Excessive force violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids unreasonable searches and... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CRISTA G. HINOSTROZA


Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conceal and carry contraband into a correctional facility



Officers from the Lyon County Sheriff's department and the Emporia Police
Department r... More...
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Jerrod Stout v. Central Plastics, Inc.


Wichita, Kansas employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act Violation theory.



The FLSA prohibits the shipment, offer for shipment, or sale in interstate commerce, of any goods produced in violation of the minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor or special minimum wage provisions.

"Central Plastics’ mission is to be ... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS, v. HUMBERTO L. PALACIO JR.

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count criminal possession
of a firearm

Palacio now appeals the indecent liberties with a child conviction, raisin... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER

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



A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles
Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The State appe... More...
   $0 (04-12-2024 - KS)

MARQUISE JOHNSON v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, LLC, FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA, S.P.A., and BERETTA U.S.A. CORP.

Topeka Kansas civil defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with product defect lawsuit against a gun seller



Shortly after turning 21, Andre Lewis went to the Bass Pro Outdoor World in
Olathe, Kansas, and bought a Be... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. MALIK D. BEASLEY

Topeka Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with criminal use of weapons



Malik D. Beasley appeals his convictions of two counts of criminal
use of weapons following a jury trial. Beasley claims: (1) The State ... More...
   $0 (06-10-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CODY MCFARLAND

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with challenging only his blackmail conviction and his sentence



Because McFarland challenges only his blackmail conviction and his sentence, we
will briefly sum... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. JOSEPH JAMES CONKLING

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant claiming the district court violated Apprendi by engaging in judicial fact-finding to extend his postrelease supervision to a term of life.


In October 2021, the State charged Conkling with 98 counts of various sex
offen... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. MALIK D. BEASLEY

Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 98 counts of various sex offenses, including 50 counts of rape, 10 counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, 8 counts
of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, and 30 counts of sexual exploitation of a child.


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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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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. 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. 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)

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. 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)

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