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RAWLINS v. KANSAS

No. 12-3138.

714 F.3d 1189 (2013)

Damaris RAWLINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of KANSAS, and Derek Schmidt, Attorney General for the State of Kansas, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 30, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Laurans , Kansas City, MO, on the briefs for Appellant.

Kristafer R. Ailslieger , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Kansas Attorney General, Topeka, KS, on the brief for Appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, McKAY, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to examine ancient legal writs in a very modern context. It arises from the 2001 conviction of Damaris Rawlins in Kansas state court for battery of a police officer. The Kansas court sentenced Rawlins to three years' probation.

Even while not facing jail time, Rawlins timely challenged her conviction in the Kansas courts both through direct appeals and through Kansas's collateral review system, arguing that certain...

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