Roshunda Lago v. Harris County, Texas

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• noting that a litigant arguing for an independent reading of the Kansas Constitution from its federal counterpart must articulate why the history and text of the two documents lead to different protections
• comparing the facts of the prior incident to the current crime, including the age of the victims in each incident, to evaluate a \propensity to engage in certain conduct with a particular class of victims\
• noting § 18 historically construed to afford same protections as federal constitution
• district court should exclude propensity evidence offered under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 60-455[d] if probative value is outweighed by undue prejudice to defendant
• \Kansas has a long history of allowing propensity evidence in these kinds of cases.\
• general discussion of federal and Kansas constitutional rights impacted by K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 60-455

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).