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Even more great work by defenders on appeal

We try to update on most favorable appellate cases, but we often don't get notice of unpublished affirmances in state's appeals, because the ADO is usually not counsel of record. Here is a search of the first five months of 2010, which turned up a lot of great trial/appellate work by defenders. We posted on them (retroactively dated to around when the decision came out), but we thought we would also just list and link them here:

State v. Hodge, No. 102,542 (Feb. 12, 2010); Kenneth B. Miller & Kevin P. Shepherd; affirming Judge Schmidt's suppression order based on misleading statements in affidavit

State v. Jordan, No. 102,846 (March 5, 2010); David N. Harger; affirming Judge Dickinson's suppression order based on illegal search of a dorm room

State v. Shepard, No. 101,106 (March 12, 2010); Tony A. Potter; affirming Judge Toepfer's dismissal of DUI prosecution on constitutional speedy trial grounds

State v. Wheeler & Martin, Nos. 102,638 & 102,639 (March 26, 2010); Brenda M. Jordan; affirming Judge Ireland's suppression order based on improper search of trash

State v. Young, No. 102,497 (April 8, 2010); Kristopher M. Kellim; affirming Judge Hornbaker's suppression order based on an illegal search of a car trunk

Be sure to let us know if there are others that should be mentioned!

Full post as published by Kansas Defenders on August 03, 2010 (boomark / email).