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STATE v. ANDERSON

No. 98,611.

188 P.3d 38 (2008)

STATE of Kansas, Appellant, v. Calvin ANDERSON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

July 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina Trocheck, assistant county attorney, Ellen Mitchell, county attorney, and Paul J. Morrison, attorney general, for appellant.

Randall L. Hodgkinson, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, and Staci N. Lane, legal intern, for appellee.

Before GREENE, P.J., MARQUARDT and LEBEN, JJ.

LEBEN, J.

A familiar rule tells us that ignorance of the law is no excuse. So when the legislature criminalizes something, we may be prosecuted for it even though we didn't know it was illegal. But what happens if the legislature instructs someone to tell us about it? Can we be prosecuted if the person who was supposed to tell us slips up?

That's the essential question in this case. The State charged Calvin Anderson with violating

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