STATE v. WARD

No. 124,458.

539 P.3d 1042 (2023)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Robert Lowell-Lawrence WARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kasper Schirer , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, was on the briefs for appellant.

Brandon L. Jones , county attorney, Steven J. Obermeier , assistant solicitor general, Kristafer R. Ailslieger , deputy solicitor general, Derek Schmidt , former attorney general, and Kris W. Kobach , attorney general, were on the briefs for appellee.


In 2021, Robert Lowell-Lawrence Ward moved to withdraw his 2013 plea of no contest to various crimes. The district court summarily denied the motion on the merits. In doing so, it did not consider whether Ward could overcome the one-year time bar created by K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3210(e) based on...

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