Kansas Kidnapping Law
 

State of Kansas v. Casinroyial Donje Caszarone Collins

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping, and aggravated battery.

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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. APPELLATE JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS. The case addresses whet... More...    $0 (03-03-2025 - KS)

State of Kansas v. Tyre J. Brow, a/k/a Tyree J. Brow a/k/a Tyree J. Brown

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, and domestic battery.

The Defendant represented himself at trial and was convicted.


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State of Kansas v. Joseph C. Esher


Hiawatha, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of rape and one count each of aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and criminal threat.



Esher was convicted in 2001 of two counts of rape and one count each of aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and criminal threat. Another pan... More...    $0 (11-15-2024 - KS)

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. Â... More...    $0 (12-19-2017 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. WILLIAM LOGGINS JR.

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing the district court's dismissal of his motion to withdraw a plea from a 1981 conviction for aggravated burglary



Loggins pleaded guilty in 1981 to aggra... More...    $0 (06-07-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. TRAVIS D. SMITH

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with disputing the evidence of bodily harm supporting the aggravated kidnapping conviction.

The appellate lawyer further argues that the district court failed to adequately
consider Smith's financial circums... More...    $0 (05-17-2024 - KS)

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...    $0 (04-26-2024 - 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...    $0 (04-19-2024 - KS)

State of Kansas v. KYLE TREVOR FLACK

Ottawa, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm.

In 2013, Andrew Stout and two friends, including Steven White, lived at Stout's
house in rural Franklin County. Flack, another friend of Stout's, occasionally spent time
there. Flack brought a shotgun with him everywhere, usua... More...    $0 (01-19-2024 - KS)

United States of America v. David Carr and James Michael Poterbin

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with kidnapping, felony possession and use of a firearm and possession of drugs.

In February 2023, a federal jury found David Carr, 36, of Kansas City, and James Michael Poterbin, 47, of Edwardsville, guilty of kidnapping, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and discharging a firearm in connection with a dru... More...    $0 (07-14-2023 - KS)

United States of America v. David Carr and James Michael Poterbin

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and discharging a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime.

David Carr, age 36, from Kansas City, Kansas and James Poterbin, age 47, from Edwardsville, Illinois a man and tortured him in 2019 in Kansas City, Kansas.After beating, shooting, and... More...    $0 (07-19-2023 - KS)

State of Kansas v. John K. Ewing

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first degree murder.





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State of Kansas v. Floyd Scott Bledsoe

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).

Bledsoe cla... More...    $0 (02-01-2023 - KS)

United States of America v. Chase Neill

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with threatening a federal official.




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Charles Neill, age 32, of Lawrence, Kansas was accused of making death ... More...    $0 (01-20-2023 - KS)

State of Kansas v. Isain Lopez

Manhattan, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with 10 felony accounts including aggravate kidnapping, robbery, aggravated batter, aggravated domest battery and criminal threat.


Isain Lopez, age 24, was charged with multiple felonies.... More...    $0 (02-17-2022 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. ALEX DEE DAVIS

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Alex Davis with first-degree felony murder, leaving the scene of an accident, felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, felony and misdemeanor theft, and driving with a suspended license charges. He claims several trial errors and one sentencing error in this direct appeal.

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STATE OF KANSAS v. RODNEY J. HOOK

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented RODNEY J. HOOKS with filing a notice of appeal of a district court judge's denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence and K.S.A. 60-1507 motion. .



In 1990, at the age of 15, Rodney Hooks committed first-degree murder,
aggravated robbery, aggravated battery, aggra... More...    $0 (01-10-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. ALEX DEE DAVIS

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery.




A man covering his face with a red bandana and wearing skeleton gloves entered a
Wichita donut shop's back door early on October 24, 2016. The man pointed a "rainbow
colored" gun at an employee and demanded money. He left without t... More...    $0 (11-27-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. WILLIE E. MORRIS















Morris, Goodpaster, Brian Bussart, Heidi Hillard, and ... More...    $0 (09-04-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES D. SATCHELL















The State charged Satchell with sex offenses for eng... More...    $0 (09-02-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. SETH COLLINS













Our focus is on two incidents on the same evening at an apartment complex
involving Collins and his neighbors. In the first incident, Collins suffered multiple head<... More...    $0 (06-23-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. WILLIE E. MORRIS










First-degree premeditated murder and the alternative charge of
first-degree felony murder, aggravated kid... More...    $0 (06-22-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. BRANDON L. FOWLER

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Fowler and the State reached a plea agreement, under which Fowler pleaded guilty
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STATE OF KANSAS v TABITHA CARTER

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An individual wearing a clown mask entered a Wichita Dollar General in May
2015 and demand... More...    $0 (03-23-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. YESENIA SESMAS

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Abarca gave birth to a daughter on November 11, 2016. The baby's father was
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CRYSTAL DAWN GALLOWAY

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As of May 2015, the State of Kansas had assumed custody of five of Galloway's
children. Al... More...    $0 (03-23-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. VIRGIL PATRICK FOX


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In 1980, the State charged Fox and Richard Carter Adams with two counts of firstdegree murder for killing Douglas L. Ashby and Keith Anthony Arth... More...    $0 (02-07-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. SAMUEL L. HARRIS


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Harris was at Victoria Lujan's apartment. He kept talking to her while she was trying to sleep, so she asked him to leave. He became frustrate... More...    $0 (02-06-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. LEROY RANDALL

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In Hutchinson, during the fall of 2015, a masked gunman robbed two employees at the Dollar General Store. The robber forced the employees at gunpoint from one end of the store to the other, while he was collecting money from the office and cash registers. The robber ... More...    $0 (12-31-2019 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. MARSHALL JOSEPH MATTHEWS III


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A.K. and Marshall Joseph Matthews III were never formally married, but they considered themselves to be husband and wife under common law. In early... More...    $0 (12-31-2019 - KS)

JORDAN MYCHAEL LEFFEL v. STATE OF KANSAS


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Leffel took part in three armed robberies in 2015. After he was arrested, the State charged him with three counts of robbery, three counts of burglary, and two counts of kidnapping. At first, the... More...    $0 (12-30-2019 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. JORDAN MYCHAEL LEFFEL


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Leffel took part in three separate armed robberies in 2015. After he was arrested, the State charged him with three counts of robbery, three counts of burglary, and two counts of kidnapping. It first chose t... More...    $0 (12-29-2019 - KS)

LARRY D. EDMOND v. STATE OF KANSAS


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In affirming Edmond's conviction, this court summarized the facts in Edmond's
case:

"On October 10, 2... More...    $0 (12-28-2019 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. RAYMOND JOSEPH KNIGHTON


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In 2004, a jury convicted Knighton of one count of kidnapping, two counts of rape, two counts of robbery, and one count of attempted robbery. The district court sentenced Knighton to 618 months i... More...    $0 (12-10-2019 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. BILLY SARTIN


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Because the facts leading to this appeal have been stated twice before, we find it unnecessary to recite them at length again. Instead, we set forth the facts from the Kansas Supreme Court's recent opinion in this case, p... More...    $0 (12-03-2019 - KS)

TERRY D. MCINTYRE v. STATE OF KANSAS

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This case has a long procedural history involving multiple proceedings in our state and federal courts. In 2000, a jury found McIntyre guilty of rape, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, and aggravated criminal sodomy. The district court sentenced ... More...    $0 (11-30-2019 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. TYLER O. PHILLIPS

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On January 15, 2016, Phillips was charged with two counts of kidnapping (K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 21-5408[a][2]), two counts of aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 215420[b][1]), and one count attempted aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 215301[a], [c][1]) in two separ... More...    $0 (11-11-2019 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. NATHAN RAY HAILEY

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When M.H. was about 14, her then-boyfriend noticed that she began acting upset, quiet, and distant. M.H.'s boyfriend asked her what was going on. M.H. eventually confided that when she was younger, her uncle—Nathan Ray Hailey—raped her. M.H. explained that she had be... More...    $0 (11-10-2019 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. BILLY J. BAERT

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On December 9, 1998, a jury convicted Baert of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated criminal sodomy, rape, two counts of criminal threat, battery, and domestic battery. On January 13, 1999, after finding that Baert had a criminal history score of A,... More...    $0 (11-10-2019 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. ANTHONY A. AMMONS

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On an evening in August 2016, Rafael Valenzuela was working at a Subway in Wichita. After closing the store around 10 p.m., Valenzuela was taking out the trash when an individual with shoulder length hair wearing a red shirt, white cap, and a blue and grey glove appr... More...    $0 (11-08-2019 - KS)

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