State v. Jefferson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \[T]he plain language of K.S.A. 60-459[g] permits situations other than those listed to equal witness unavailability.\
• prosecutor subpoenaed incarcerated witness to testify at trial and witness appeared but refused to testify after consultation with counsel; court held witness in contempt and sentenced him to 6 months in jail
• interpretation of statute is question of law subject to unlimited appellate review
• wholesale refusal of witness to testify renders witness unavailable, citing K.S.A. 60-459[g]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Stafford
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-12-14· cited 340×
• State v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-10-05· cited 125×
• State v. Carr
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-07-25· cited 125×
• State v. Reed
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-06-19· cited 92×
• State v. Spencer
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-03-18· cited 73×
• State v. Sales
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-01-29· cited 54×
• State v. Hughes
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-02-12· cited 31×
• State v. Gleason
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-07-18· cited 29×
• State v. Gutierrez-Fuentes
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2022-04-29· cited 19×
• State v. Finch
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-01-07· cited 18×
• State v. Knight
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-10-08· cited 17×
• State v. Backus
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-11-02· cited 16×
• State v. Atteberry
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-09-03· cited 9×
• State v. Franklin
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-07-02· cited 8×
• State v. Ralston
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-02-26· cited 8×
• State v. England
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-12-10· cited 6×
• Scaife v. State
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2015-05-29· cited 5×
• State v. McKnight
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2009-11-13· cited 4×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2009-11-20· cited 4×
• State v. Gallardo
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-02-26· cited 4×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Gunby
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2006-10-27· cited 340×
• State v. Storey
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-04-04· cited 70×
• State v. Steward
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1976-03-06· cited 56×
• State v. Reed
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2006-10-27· cited 45×
• State v. Lomax & Williams
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1980-04-05· cited 35×
• State v. Young
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2004-04-09· cited 35×
• State v. Stano
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2007-06-08· cited 35×
• State v. Johnson-Howell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1994-09-16· cited 33×
• State v. Terry
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1969-03-08· cited 31×
• State v. Mims
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1977-05-14· cited 28×
• State v. Watie, Heard and Heard
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1978-01-21· cited 26×
• Johnson v. Brooks Plumbing, LLC
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2006-06-09· cited 24×
• State v. Washington
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1971-01-23· cited 21×
• State v. Ransom
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1986-07-18· cited 21×