21-3428.
History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3428; L. 1992, ch. 298, § 18; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 42; Repealed, L. 2010, ch. 136, § 307; July 1, 2011.
Source or Prior Law:
21-2412.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Covenant not to Sue in Exchange for Dismissal of Charges Violates Public Policy—Rumery v. Town of Newton," Jan Fink, 35 K.L.R. 491, 494 (1987).
"Modern Kansas Legislative Strategies: The Blackmail Gambit," Robert Drean, 35 W.L.J. 157, 167, 177 (1995).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Conviction hereunder; refusal of instruction on entrapment and admission of tape recordings upheld. State v. Daniels, 215 Kan. 164, 523 P.2d 368.
2. Legislator's attempt to influence another legislator's vote was inadmissible in blackmail action because not legitimate legislative activity. State v. Neufeld, 260 Kan. 930, 935, 926 P.2d 1325 (1996).
3. If nothing of monetary value was at stake, then the crime's victim must actually be compelled to take some action for the crime to constitute blackmail. State v. Braun, 47 Kan. App. 2d 216, 273 P.3d 801 (2012).
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