STATE v. UNDERWOOD

No. 56,581

10 Kan. App. 2d 116 (1985)

693 P.2d 1205

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ROBERT G. UNDERWOOD, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Riling and Wesley M. Norwood, of Riling, Norwood, Burkhead & Fairchild, Chartered, of Lawrence, for the appellant.

Margaret Lindeberg-Johnson, assistant district attorney, Jerry L. Harper, district attorney, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, for the appellee.

Before FOTH, C.J.; TERRY L. BULLOCK, District Judge Assigned; and FREDERICK WOLESLAGEL, District Judge Retired, Assigned.


WOLESLAGEL, J.:

The question presented in this case is whether multiple convictions for traffic offenses arising out of one incident are to be considered as separate convictions or only one conviction for purposes of the Kansas Habitual Traffic Violators Act, K.S.A. 8-284 et seq.

The critical portion of the act is K.S.A. 8-285, which provides in part:

"The term `habitual violator' means any resident or nonresident person who, within the immediately...

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