STATE v. BEJARANO

No. 98,237.

202 P.3d 39 (2009)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jorge BEJARANO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

February 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina Waugh, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant.

Sheryl L. Lidtke, deputy district attorney, Jerome A. Gorman, district attorney, and Stephen N. Six, attorney general, for appellee.

Before HILL, P.J., MALONE and CAPLINGER, JJ.


HILL, J.

In America, anyone accused of a crime has a constitutional right to confront those who accuse that person in court. Here, in a prosecution for rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child, a victim under the age of 13 testified by closed-circuit television rather than in person before the defendant in the courtroom. Because the trial court made all the findings required by law before admitting this televised testimony, we hold the defendant's right...

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