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Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Convictions After State Fails to Preserve Issue for Appeal

Loaded on July 15, 2021 by Dale Chappell published in Criminal Legal News August, 2021, page 33
Location: Kansas.

by Dale Chappell

The Supreme Court of Kansas upheld the dismissal of a defendant’s convictions after the district court found several instances of ineffective assistance of counsel (“IAC”), including an actual conflict of interest and the State’s failure to preserve an issue for appeal, forfeiting that issue.

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