Source or Prior Law:

21-1304, 62-501, 62-502, 62-503, 62-504, 62-505.

Cross References to Related Sections:

Kansas medicaid fraud control act, see 21-3844 et seq.

Law Review and Bar Journal References:

"The Admissibility of Child Victim Hearsay in Kansas: A Defense Perspective," Christopher B. McNeil, 23 W.L.J. 265, 269 (1984).

Survey of Recent Cases, 43 K.L.R. 984 (1995).

"2001 Legislative Wrap Up," Paul T. Davis, 70 J.K.B.A. No. 7, 14 (2001).

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Subsection (1) cited; omission of year crime committed in charging part of information not prejudicial; murder conviction upheld. State v. Osbey, 213 Kan. 564, 569, 517 P.2d 141.

2. Allowing amendment to information in prosecution for felony murder not error. State v. Reed, 214 Kan. 562, 565, 520 P.2d 1314.

3. Paragraph (3)(a) applied; prosecution held timely commenced; no double jeopardy or denial of rights. State v. Dolack, 216 Kan. 622, 628, 533 P.2d 1282.

4. Applied; defendant not deprived of right to speedy trial under facts. State v. Fink, 217 Kan. 671, 677, 538 P.2d 1390.

5. Cited; absence of written order by judge ordering summonses issued does not invalidate service of process. State v. Marshall & Brown-Sidorowicz, 2 Kan. App. 2d 182, 194, 195, 577 P.2d 803.

6. No clear legislative intent to make "obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property" a continuing offense under K.S.A. 21-3701. State v. Gainer, 227 Kan. 670, 672, 674, 675, 608 P.2d 968.

7. Cited; petitioner's right to a speedy trial violated; writ of habeas corpus granted. Williams v. Darr, 4 Kan. App. 2d 178, 182, 603 P.2d 1021.

8. The right to speedy trial attaches when an individual becomes an accused. State v. Schlicher, 230 Kan. 482, 486, 639 P.2d 467 (1982).

9. Conviction under K.S.A. 21-3701 upheld; statute of limitation tolled by defendant's concealment of crime. State v. Grauerholz, 232 Kan. 221, 226, 227, 654 P.2d 395 (1982).

10. Exact time of commission not specific element of offense of aggravated sodomy; crime committed within two-year period fixed hereby. State v. Aldrich, 232 Kan. 783, 785, 658 P.2d 1027 (1983).

11. State may refile after discharge on remand where defendant erroneously bound over (K.S.A. 22-2902) on misdemeanor and subsequent proceedings void. State v. Leslie, 237 Kan. 318, 319, 699 P.2d 510 (1985).

12. Statute not tolled by concealment through unsolicited acts and statements of a third party. State v. Mills, 238 Kan. 189, 190, 708 P.2d 1079 (1985).

13. Threats to seven and 11-year old children not to tell of sexual abuse by defendant not concealment under (3)(c). State v. Miller, 11 Kan. App. 2d 410, 413, 414, 722 P.2d 1131 (1986).

14. Cited; time frame within which unlawful possession of firearm (K.S.A. 21-4204) may be charged, examined. State v. Dodd, 11 Kan. App. 2d 513, 515, 728 P.2d 402 (1986).

15. Threat to child not to talk about indecent liberties (K.S.A. 21-3503) not concealment to toll statute of limitations. State v. Bentley, 239 Kan. 334, 339, 721 P.2d 227 (1986).

16. Voluntary absence from state while on probation tolls statute on other crimes. State v. Houck, 240 Kan. 130, 136, 137, 727 P.2d 460 (1986).

17. Unreasonable delay in serving warrant computed in determining if prosecution for forgery (K.S.A. 21-3710) barred by statute of limitations. State v. Washington, 12 Kan. App. 2d 634, 636, 752 P.2d 1084 (1988).

18. Neither general civil nor general criminal statutes of limitations applies to habitual violator proceedings (K.S.A. 8-284 et seq.). State v. Graham, 12 Kan. App. 2d 803, 809, 758 P.2d 247 (1988).

19. Cited; failure to execute arrest warrant due to defendant's incarceration elsewhere as not constituting unreasonable delay examined. State v. Nicholson, 243 Kan. 747, 763 P.2d 616 (1988).

20. Retroactive application of statute to sex offenses against children examined; "remedial" rather than "substantive" noted. State v. Nunn, 244 Kan. 207, 215, 768 P.2d 268 (1989).

21. Welfare fraud (K.S.A. 39-720) and theft of public assistance (K.S.A. 21-3701) as continuing offenses, when statute applicable examined. State v. Jones, 13 Kan. App. 2d 520, 522, 775 P.2d 183 (1989).

22. Statute of limitations is affirmative defense which can be waived by the knowing, voluntary and intelligent acts of defendant. Lowe v. State, 14 Kan. App. 2d 119, 121, 783 P.2d 1313 (1990).

23. Criminal statutes of limitations procedural with amendments applicable to prior acts of crimes not yet time-barred. State v. Noah, 246 Kan. 291, 292, 294, 788 P.2d 257 (1990).

24. Complaint charging DUI (K.S.A. 8-1567) filed 5 1 / 2 months after arrest as causing no prejudice to defendant determined. State v. Smith, 247 Kan. 455, 457, 799 P.2d 497 (1990).

25. Statute of limitations mentioned where stolen property brought into Kansas from Missouri; concealment question noted. State v. Freitag, 247 Kan. 499, 502, 802 P.2d 502 (1990).

26. State's dismissal of action based on necessity and refiling same as not an avoidance of speedy trial limitations (K.S.A. 22-3402) examined. State v. Jamison, 248 Kan. 302, 307, 806 P.2d 972 (1991).

27. Neither theft nor conspiracy to commit theft as continuing offenses noted; acts necessary to constitute concealment examined. State v. Palmer, 248 Kan. 681, 690, 810 P.2d 734 (1991).

28. Absence of accused from state due to out-of-state incarceration tolls statute of limitations until accused is returned. State v. Lee, 263 Kan. 97, 104, 107, 948 P.2d 641 (1997).

29. Statute of limitations tolled as commission of crimes was concealed. State v. Wilkins, 267 Kan. 355, 363, 985 P.2d 690 (1999).

30. Statute tolled under facts of case although prior conviction must be vacated as ex post facto. Seaton v. State, 27 Kan. App. 2d 104, 998 P.2d 131 (2000).

31. Warrant of arrest not timely served; charges properly dismissed. State v. Long, 276 Kan. 297, 75 P.3d 1217 (2003).

32. Eighty-four day delay in service of arrest warrant is unreasonable and must be included in determining whether statute of limitations had run. State v. Dozal, 31 Kan. App. 2d 344, 65 P.3d 217 (2003).

33. If warrant is executed within applicable statute of limitations (2 years) prosecution is not barred even though there may have been unreasonable delay in executing warrant (20 months). State v. McDowell, 33 Kan. App. 2d 889, 111 P.3d 193 (2005).

34. Law enacted after expiration of a previously applicable limitation violates ex post facto clause. State v. Garcia, 285 Kan. 1, 169 P.3d 1069 (2007).

35. Statute of limitation for prosecution of identity theft is 2 years. State v. Meza, 38 Kan. App. 2d 245, 250, 165 P.3d 298 (2007).

36. An offense is committed when every statutory element occurs. State v. Green, 38 Kan. App. 2d 781, 785, 786, 172 P.3d 1213 (2007).

37. Statute of limitation held to have run in cases involving John Doe warrants containing DNA references. State v. Belt, 285 Kan. 949, 958, 959, 962, 179 P.3d 443 (2008).

38. Section construed and applied; new, longer limitation applies unless old limitation expired. State v. Auch, 39 Kan. App. 2d 512, 513, 514, 520-522, 185 P.3d 935 (2008).

39. Cited; delay in executing warrant held to be without unreasonable delay. State v. Watkins, 40 Kan. App. 2d 1-3, 190 P.3d 266 (2008).

40. Complaint charging defendant with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child adequately informed defendant of possibility of enhanced, 25-year mandatory minimum sentence under Jessica's Law, despite that complaint did not state defendant's age at the time of the offenses. State v. Inkelaar, 293 Kan. 414, 264 P.3d 81 (2011).

41. Amended five-year statute of limitations applied does not violate ex post facto clause when two-year limitations period in place when defendant committed crime had not yet expired. Harms v. Cline, 27 F. Supp. 3d 1173,1187 (2014).

42. Under K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 21-3106(8)(f)(ii), the statute of limitations begins to run when the victim becomes able to determine the criminal nature of the conduct. State v. Bolinger, 64 Kan. App. 2d 115, 129, 547 P.3d 575 (2024).

43. The tolling provisions listed in K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 21-3106(8)(f) do not indefinitely extend the statute of limitations for prosecution. Such tolling provisions provide that certain time periods are excluded from the count. State v. Bolinger, 64 Kan. App. 2d 115, 124, 547 P.3d 575 (2024).