STATE v. BELT

Nos. 95,575, 95,613, 95,614, 95,639, 95,640, 95,766.

179 P.3d 443 (2008)

STATE of Kansas, Appellant/Cross-appellee, v. Douglas S. BELT, Appellee/Cross-appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

March 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc A. Bennett, special prosecutor, argued the cause, and Phill Kline and Paul J. Morrison, attorneys general, were with him on the briefs for appellant/cross-appellee.

Rebecca E. Woodman, of Kansas Capital Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee/cross-appellant.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BEIER, J.:

These consolidated cases test the sufficiency of the DNA descriptions in John Doe warrants arising out of a series of seven sexual assaults committed from 1989 through 1994 in McPherson, Saline, and Reno counties. Each of the resulting six cases was dismissed in the district court for one or both of two reasons. The State appeals all of the dismissals; and defendant Douglas S. Belt cross-appeals on the one issue...

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