Columbus, Kansas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a dispute between homeowners Aaron and Nichole Conard and Norman Houston. The Conards hired Houston to drill two water wells. After he was unable to complete the work, the Conards prevailed in a lawsuit they filed against Houston asserting claims for quiet title, breach of contract, negligence, and fraudulent misrepresentation.... More...    $0 (02-20-2025 - KS)

Kansas City, Kansas criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) out of disability benefits.

Bruce Hay, 53, of Greeley, a U.S. Army veteran and former Osawatomie resident, fraudulently misrepresented and exaggerated the extent of symptoms related to a purported conversion disorder diagnosis to receive VA disability ben... More...    $0 (08-11-2022 - KS)

Topeka, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of criminal conversion, one count of forgery of United States obligations or securities, and one count of false statement to a federally insured bank.

According to court documents, Blaine Schurle, 26, of Barnes as operator of Double S Cattle Company, LLC is accused of allegedly selling approximately 400 head ... More...    $0 (07-21-2022 - KS)

Smith was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, and battery against a law enforcement officer for acts he committed in 1992. Smith pleaded guilty to the offenses and was sentenced in August 1993.

At sentencing, the district court noted that if Smith were sentenced under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA), which took effect on July 1, 1993, Smith would h... More...    $0 (09-10-2018 - KS)

On October 1, 1983, Helen Morrison conveyed to Ralph Stalcup an 80-acre tract of real property located in Stafford County. This property was subject to a 1967 oil and gas lease (the Morrison Lease) entitling the lessor to a one-eighth royalty. The original lessor had drilled an oil well on the property in 1970. In the general warranty deed conveying the property, Morrison reserved mineral rights t... More...    $0 (08-30-2018 - KS)

Proceeding pro se,1 Joan Farr appeals the district court’s order granting
summary judgment on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim in favor of the Huckleberry
Homeowners Association and its board members (collectively, HOA). She also
* After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument wouldn’t materially assist in the determination ofMore...    $0 (08-10-2018 - KS)

Kansas Star is one of four state-sponsored gaming enterprises in Kansas authorized under K.S.A. 74-8733 et seq., the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act (KELA), and is located in the south central gaming zone. In 2007 the Legislature passed KELA which divided the state into four gaming zones—northeast, south central, southwest, and southeast—and authorized the Kansas Lottery to operate a single gaming fac... More...    $0 (07-22-2018 - KS)

Dykes was sentenced in August 1991 for aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, rape, and aggravated burglary in Sedgwick County case No. 90CR2155. Dykes was sentenced in March 1993 for aggravated escape from custody in Leavenworth County case No. 91CR514. Dykes was sentenced in each case before the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA) went into effect, and his sentences are not eligible for ... More...    $0 (07-16-2018 - KS)

Steven Nance appeals the district court's denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence. He was convicted of five counts of indecent liberties with a child that took place in March 1993, before the July 1, 1993 effective date of the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act. Because of that, Nance was sentenced under the previous Kansas sentencing laws under which many sentences were of indeterminate... More...    $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

As this court explained in detail in In re Equalization Appeal of Kansas Star Casino, 52 Kan. App. 2d 50, 52-55, 362 P.3d 1109 (2015), rev. denied 307 Kan. ___ (December 20, 2017), Kansas Star is one of four state-sponsored gaming enterprises in Kansas and is located in the south central gaming zone. In April 2007 the Kansas Legislature enacted K.S.A. 74-8733 et seq., the Kansas Expanded Lottery A... More...    $0 (06-12-2018 - KS)

Kiley Ann Guenther appeals from a judgment of the trial court revoking her probation in two cases—Wyandotte County case Nos. 14 CR 0535 and 14 CR 1157. She argues that her conduct on probation merited imposition of intermediate sanctions instead of imposition of her underlying sentences. We acknowledge that a trial court is statutorily required to consider the use of a lesser sanction before revok... More...    $0 (05-07-2018 - KS)

In 1982, a jury convicted Reed of one count of aggravated kidnapping and one count of rape. The district court sentenced Reed to 15 years to life imprisonment for the rape charge and life imprisonment for the aggravated kidnapping charge, with the sentences to run consecutively.

Reed filed a direct appeal arguing only that the district court abused its discretion by allowing an amendm... More...    $0 (04-18-2018 - KS)

Wichita, KS - Clay Center Man Sentenced For Loan Fraud

A Clay Center man was sentenced on December 15, 2017 to two years on supervised release for selling assets he had pledged as collateral on a federal loan, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today. The defendant was ordered to pay approximately $84,594 in restitution.

Harold R. Mugler, 64, Clay Center, Kan., pleaded guilty to one c... More...    $0 (12-17-2017 - KS)

Joseph Housworth raises several issues on appeal from his convictions in a jury trial of 12 crimes, mostly related to distributing illegal drugs. Two of Housworth's appellate claims are well taken.

First, he argues that there's insufficient evidence to support his conviction for intimidation of a witness. We agree. Intimidating a witness means dissuading a witness from testifying, and a... More...    $0 (07-13-2017 - KS)

A jury convicted Lee of four January 1993 crimes: first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and aggravated assault. He was sentenced for these crimes in 1995.

On July 1, 1993, the KSGA became effective. K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 21-4701 et seq. The KSGA's purpose was "'"to standardize sentences so that similarly situated offenders would be treated the same, thus limiting the effe... More...    $0 (06-12-2017 - KS)

A jury convicted Kingsley of four 1991 crimes: first-degree murder on the alternative theories of both premeditated and felony murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated arson, and forgery. As part of the proceedings, the jury found three aggravating circumstances: (1) Kingsley committed the crime for pecuniary gain; (2) he committed the crime to avoid or prevent arrest or prosecution; and (3) he co... More...    $0 (06-09-2017 - KS)

Crocker performed occasional handyman work for J.D. and helped her around the house. On July 26, 2012, J.D. was napping when she heard her dogs bark. When she got out of bed to investigate, J.D. found Crocker in her house. J.D. told Crocker to leave, but he refused. Instead, Crocker grabbed J.D., put his hand over her mouth, and dragged her down the hallway. After a struggle, both J.D. and Crocker... More...    $0 (05-17-2017 - KS)

In 1993, a jury convicted Allison of first-degree premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and terroristic threat. During the sentencing portion of the trial, the jury found that the evidence established the aggravating circumstance that Allison had committed the first-degree murder in order to avoid or prevent a lawful arrest or prosecution. The jury also found that the aggr... More...    $0 (04-10-2017 - KS)

This is a civil trespass and conversion case in which plaintiffs seek monetary damages for the unauthorized subsurface mining of 855,500 tons of limestone. Bromley Quarry & Asphalt, Inc., admits it extracted some rock but disputes the extent of its liability. We must decide: (1) if the statute of limitations began to run because the conversion was reasonably ascertainable by the plaintiffs more ... More...    $0 (09-09-2016 - KS)

This case comes before us after the United States Supreme Court vacated our decision in State v. Cheever, 295 Kan. 229, 284 P.3d 1007 (2012), vacated and remanded 571 U.S. ___, 134 S. Ct. 596, 187 L. Ed. 2d 519 (2013), and remanded for further proceedings.

In our decision, we had held that defendant Scott D. Cheever did not waive his privilege against self-incrimination under the Fi... More...    $0 (07-29-2016 - KS)

In 1986, Jeffries and Brian Bailey committed a series of armed robberies of gasoline stations and a liquor store. During one of the robberies, a clerk was shot and killed. Neither codefendant admitted to being the shooter, but they were both charged with felony murder, in addition to the robberies. Jeffries ultimately pled guilty to three counts of aggravated robbery and pled nolo contendere to on... More...    $0 (07-06-2016 - KS)

Defendant Kenneth Theis was charged in a Second Superseding Indictment with two
counts of attempted production of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and (e).
A bench trial was held on July 7, 2015. This decision represents the Court’s findings of fact and
conclusions of law that Defendant is guilty of both counts charged in the Second Superseding
Indictment. ... More...    $0 (12-16-2015 - KS)

Douglas K. Hoesli, a full-time maintenance worker with Triplett, Inc., was injured in a workplace accident for which he is entitled to workers compensation. Prior to his injury, Hoesli was receiving social security retirement benefits and earning additional employment income without a reduction in his social security because he had reached full retirement age. See 42 U.S.C. § 403(f)(8)(E) (2012). ... More...    $0 (11-20-2015 - KS)

Both parties have filed appeals, in which Appellant–Cross-Appellee Digital Ally mainly challenges the validity and enforceability of one of the contracts, while Appellee–Cross- Appellant Z3 Technology challenges certain elements of the damages award.

I. Background

The contracts at issue in this case related to Z3’s design and manufacturing of circuit board modules for use in Di... More...    $0 (05-16-2014 - KS)

In this conversion action, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) claims ONEOK Field Services Company, L.L.C., ONEOK Midstream Gas Supply, L.L.C. (collectively ONEOK), Lumen Energy Corporation, and Lumen Midstream Partnership, LLC (collectively Lumen) wrongfully converted natural gas by purchasing gas from two producers, Nash Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nash) and L.D. Drilling, Inc. (L.D.), which operated w... More...    $0 (03-18-2013 - KS)