Supreme Court of Kansas· 5/8/2015

State v. James

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301 Kan. 898
349 P.3d 457
2015 Kan. LEXIS 239

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holding reversibility for erroneous admission of evidence from defendant's cell phone in violation of the Fourth Amendment turned on the harmless- error test applicable to constitutional errors, not the more lenient test for non- constitutional errors
interpreting K.S.A. 22-2501 [repealed before Torres' crime, L. 2011, ch. 100, § 22] to allow Kansas law enforcement officers to rely on Gant to justify an automobile search incident to arrest
“When the material facts are not in dispute, as here, we will exercise plenary review of the district court’s ruling on a motion to suppress evidence.”
consent is recognized exception to Fourth Amendment warrant requirement for search
where case turns on Fourth Amendment analysis, constitutional error may be declared harmless when party benefitting from error demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that error did affect outcome of trial in light of the entire record
where case turns on Fourth Amendment analysis, constitutional error may be declared harmless when party benefitting from error demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that error did not affect outcome of trial in light of the entire record

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Judges: Biles, Johnson, Stegall

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