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State v. Dunn

Citations

  • 304 Kan. 773
  • 375 P.3d 332
  • 2016 Kan. LEXIS 323

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that if factual allegations in the complaint, proved beyond a reasonable doubt, would justify a guilty verdict, then the charging document is statutorily sufficient
  • holding a charging document is deemed sufficient if it is \'drawn in the language of the statute'\
  • finding that the existence of subject matter jurisdiction can be challenged at any time
  • holding the charging document error did not affect the defendant's 30 substantial rights because the defendant and his trial counsel understood exactly what the State sought to prove on the charged crime
  • \Charging documents do not bestow or confer subject matter jurisdiction on state courts to adjudicate criminal cases; the Kansas Constitution does.\
  • \Charging documents do not bestow or confer subject matter jurisdiction on state courts to adjudicate criminal cases; the Kansas Constitution does.\

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Judges: Johnson, Beier

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