Kansas Excessive Force Law
<H2> <center> United States of America v. Quintin Flanagin </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged one count of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of false statements, and one count of money laundering. Quintin Flanagin, 45, of Colby, Kansas, was accused for defrauding clients of his accounting firm, who were also his relatives, of more than $400,000. As a certified public accountant (CPA), Flanagin us... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brian A. Richard </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank-robbery.<br> <br> Mr. Richards passed a note to a bank teller claiming to have a gun and demanding $227.64. After obtaining the requested money, he left the bank and went to a nearby restaurant. When police arrived, he admitted to robbing the bank. Police found the demand note and cash in his pockets but no gun... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Ronald Johnson </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defdense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder.<br> <br> Johnson was convicted of a murder that took place in 2001. He was charged with stabbing a woman to death with a knife, which he denied doing. The essential facts are set out in his direct appeal, which affirmed his conviction and sentence. See State v. Johnson, 284 Kan. 18, 159 P.3d 1... More...
$0 (03-08-2025 - KS)</center><h1><center> United States of America v. Daniel Paul Prekopa </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child sexual abuse </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Kansas man sentenced for crimes related to child sexual abuse</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Kansas man received a combined sentence of 87 months in prison after ... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - KS)<h1><center> United States of America v. Diego Almaguer </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on federal officer </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Kansas man sentenced for assault on federal officer</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Kansas man was sentenced to 72 months in prison for deliberately rammi... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. PATRICIO SABAS GOMEZ </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with claiming a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> If a defendant claims a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error, the <br> reviewing c... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. ROBERT E. MCINTOSH </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his convictions for disorderly conduct <br> and interference with law enforcement. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> McIntosh was charged with criminal threat, disorderly conduct, and interf... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. MARVIN WILLARD POULSON </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his jury conviction of one count of rape and one count of criminal restraint </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></b></b> <br> <br> After an incident in July 2019, the State charged Poulson with two counts of rape <br> under K.S.A. 2019 Su... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Donetta Raymond, et al. v. Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., et al. </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants for age discrimination.<br> <br> Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. adopted a reduction-in-force that led to 271 firings. Many of the fired employees brought suit, including a collective action against Spirit for age discrimination. To prevail on the collective action, the former employees needed to prove a pattern or pra... More...
$0 (01-07-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Maria Varnas v. Conner Thompson </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Maria Varnas sued Conner Thompson claiming he used excessive force when he shot and killed Brandon Lynch, age 27, in 2022.<br> <br> Following the tragic death of her son, Plaintiff Maria Varnas filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as Special Adminis... More...
$0 (11-05-2024 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Zachary Christian Arnold </h2></center>
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas involuntary manslaughter criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> In October 2019, Kansas City police officers were dispatched to a house based on a report that Chris Arnold, the defendant's father, had been shot and killed during an argument between the two men. (This opinion uses Zachary's and Chris' first names for purposes of clarity.) ... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - KS)<h2><center> Tiffany Espinosa v. Todd W. Allen, et al. </h2></center
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> "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...
$0 (08-09-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL JACOBSON </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing the denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jacobson pled guilty to one count of robbery, a severity level five, person felony, <br> for his cond... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - KS)<h1><center> MARQUISE JOHNSON v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, LLC, FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA, S.P.A., and BERETTA U.S.A. CORP. </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka Kansas civil defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with product defect lawsuit against a gun seller </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Shortly after turning 21, Andre Lewis went to the Bass Pro Outdoor World in <br> Olathe, Kansas, and bought a Be... More...
$0 (05-03-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. MALIK D. BEASLEY </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with criminal use of weapons </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Malik D. Beasley appeals his convictions of two counts of criminal <br> use of weapons following a jury trial. Beasley claims: (1) The State ... More...
$0 (06-10-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. TRAVIS D. SMITH </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with disputing the evidence of bodily harm supporting the aggravated kidnapping conviction. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> The appellate lawyer further argues that the district court failed to adequately <br> consider Smith's financial circums... More...
$0 (05-17-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. MATTHEW D. ZAITZ </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence and aggravated battery while driving under the influence. Zaitz now timely appeals his convictions, arguing the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of battery was <br> clearly erroneous </color="red"></b></cente... More...
$0 (05-03-2024 - KS)<h1><center> United States of America v. Cody McCormick </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threats to Pres. Biden </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Wichita man sentenced to prison for threats to Pres. Biden </h2></center><br> <br> A Kansas man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for threatening to kill the President o... More...
$0 (05-08-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. MALIK D. BEASLEY </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his convictions of two counts of criminal use of weapons </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> </h2></center><br> <br> In April 2020, Wichita police officer Jared Henry saw photographs of Beasley on social media with what <br> appeared ... More...
$0 (05-05-2024 - KS)<h1><center> United States of America v. G’Ante Butler; Zarion Butler </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with opening fire on law enforcement officers </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Brothers sentenced to prison for shooting at law enforcement officers </h2></center><br> <br> <br> A pair of Kansas brothers will serve time in prison for... More...
$0 (04-30-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. BERNARD L. SMITH </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree felony murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, <br> and battery </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> On July 2, 2020, Candi Morris arrived at the Wichita Police Department to report <br> a potential ... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. RANDY ALLEN BALLANTYNE </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child .</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child <br> under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "p... More...
$0 (02-02-2024 - KS)<h1><center> State of Kansas v. Randy Allen Ballantine </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child <br> under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "possessing... More...
$0 (12-01-2021 - KS)<h1><center> State of Kansas v. RANDY ALLEN BALLANTYNE </h1></center>
The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child <br> under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "possessing any visual depiction <br> of a child under 18 years of age shown or heard engaging in sexually explicit conduct <br> with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires or appeal to the prurient interest of the <br> offender or any other person." T... More...
$0 (02-02-2024 - KS)<h1><center> State of Kansas v. Cardell Turner </h1></center>
On August 14, 2018, Alberto Alfaro and Enrique Umana Somoza were <br> outside a home in Wichita trying to jump start Alfaro's truck. Cardell Turner pulled up <br> beside them in his car, pointed a gun in the direction of Somoza and Alfaro, and pulled <br> the trigger. The gun did not fire. Turner drove away, and no one was harmed. The State <br> charged Turner with two counts of attempted first-d... More...
$0 (02-02-2024 - KS)<h1><center> United States of America v. Edwar Jose Salazar-Belleda </h1></center
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Kansas City, Kansas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Edwar Salazar-Belleda, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. <br> <br> Salazar-Belleda was part of an internat... More...
$0 (01-19-2024 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC </h2></center>
Topeka, Kansas: The Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC and its affiliated companies (CRRM) for violations of the Clean Air Act and a previous consent decree related to operation of its petroleum refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas. These violations resulted in illegal emissions of various po... More...
$0 (11-20-2023 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Thomas Cormier </h2> </center>
Lawrence, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with <br> with rape.<br> <br> Thomas J. Cormier, age 22, was charged with rape.<br> <br> The defendant and the woman shared a margarita, and they were talking for a little while before he grabbed her face and started kissing her, she said. She was OK with the kissing, and after a little while they both took their shirts off. H... More...
$0 (06-30-2023 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Steven Spradley </h2></center>
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.<br> <br> Steven E. Spradley, 58, of Kansas City, Missouri, traveled from Jackson County, Missouri, to Osage County, Kansas, in July 2021 to have sex with whom he believed to be a 17-year-old girl he met online. Spradley was actually communicating with ... More...
$0 (06-12-2023 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Marquis Williams </h2></center>
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with creating pornographic images of children.<br> <br> In February 2023, Marquis Williams, 31, of Shawnee pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. <br> <br> According to court documents in May 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent information to the Shawnee Police Depart... More...
$0 (05-26-2023 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Jonathan Mark Gardner </h2></center>
Lawrence, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant, charged with rape <br> <br> Jonathan Gardner was charged with sexually assaulting a woman while on duty as a Lawrence Kansas Police Department officer on January 1, 2017.<br> <br> Defendant picked up an underage woman in the early morning hour of New Year's day and ultimately delivered her to a house near 27th and Iowa Street, after stopp... More...
$0 (05-26-2023 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bradley Wiley </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of child porn.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/wichita_ks_fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas</a><br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/kans... More...
$0 (02-08-2023 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Floyd Scott Bledsoe </h2> </center>
This is primarily a sufficiency of the evidence case. Defendant Floyd S. Bledsoe appeals his convictions for first-degree premeditated murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated indecent liberties. K.S.A. 21-3401(a); K.S.A. 21-3421; K.S.A. 21-3504. Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 22-3601(b)(1) (an appeal of a conviction for an off-grid crime receives review by this court).<br> <br> Bledsoe cla... More...
$0 (02-01-2023 - KS)<h2> <center> Joseph M. Koncilla v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. et al. </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/kansas/news/wichita/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Wichita</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><... More...
$0 (12-09-2022 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dustin Strom and Thommie-Lyn Stansky </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with committing sex crimes against children.<br> <br> In June 2022, Dustin Strom, 26, of Parsons pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child (production of child pornography). <br> <br> In July 2022, Thommie-Lyn Stansky, 28, of Parsons pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit sexua... More...
$0 (10-21-2022 - KS)<h2><center> CATHERINE ROLL, et al. v. LAURA HOWARD, et al. </h2></center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, Kansas – Disability lawyer represented Appellant with seeking to relocate to a community based treatment center. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> A case is moot when it is clearly and convincingly shown the actual controversy <br> has ended, the only judgment that could be entered would be ineffectual for any purpose, <br> and it would not... More...
$0 (09-09-2022 - KS)<h2> <center> Kenneth P. Kellogg, et al. v. Watts Guerra, L.L.P., et al. </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on breach of contract theories.<br> <br> <br> The appellants are some of the corn producers who took the first track, filing individual actions. (We call these corn producers the "Kellogg farmers.") The Kellogg farmers alleged that their former attorneys had failed to disclose the benefits of participating as class... More...
$0 (07-26-2022 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jakel Webster </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted robbery of a Kansas City, Kansas convenience store in which a clerk was shot in the face. <br> <br> <br> Jakel Webster, 26, of Kansas City Jakel Webster, 26, of Kansas City was sentenced to 212 months in prison.<br> <br> On April 28, 2020, Webster and Jorden Brownlee, 22, of Lenexa entered a Quick Shop on Metr... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - KS)<h2><center> Timothy C. Harris v. City of Topeka and Christopher Janes </h2></center>
Topeka, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on excessive force theories pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 in a 2018 arrest that injured him.<br> <br> The Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his claims against the City, and the case went to jury trial on May 31, 2022 against officer Christopher Janes.... More...
$0 (06-02-2022 - KS)<h2><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. ALEXANDER CHRI STOPHER HUNT</h2></center>
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Topeka, KS - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child charges. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In late November or early December 2018, Hunt, a homeless man, was invited to <br> stay at a house shared by several people including C.W. and her eight-year... More...
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