Supreme Court of Kansas· 10/21/1983

State v. Chatmon

Citations

671 P.2d 531
234 Kan. 197
1983 Kan. LEXIS 399

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during cross-examination, defendant mentioned prior criminal charges; court stated that “when tire testimony of the defendant goes beyond those bounds of the statutory protection and makes reference to specific prior incidents, he forgoes tire protection of tire statutes”
battery conviction clear violation of due process when neither charged in information nor lesser included offense of charged rape
“A conviction upon a charge not made in the information or properly brought before the court is a clear denial of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.”
\where the court is without jurisdiction to decide the issue is void.\

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Judges: Lockett

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