The Kansas City Star and the Topeka Capital-Journal both interviewed Joseph, Hollander & Craft criminal defense attorney Casey Meek for comment on the DUI sentencing of Sen. Gene Suellentrop. (Meek previously commented on the case when interviewed by the Star back in March.) While some perceived Sen. Suellentrop’s sentence to be too lenient, Meek dismissed […]
A Kansas Standard Offense Report regarding the March 16th stop of Gene Suellentrop—the one document the Kansas Highway Patrol promised to disclose following the Kansas GOP leader’s DUI arrest—apparently does not exist. To better understand the standard practice in these types of criminal cases, Kansas City Star reporter Katie Bernard contacted Joseph, Hollander & Craft’s Casey Meek […]
Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop’s March 16th arrest for suspected DUI, fleeing officers, speeding, and driving the wrong way down a divided highway has raised a flurry of questions. KSNT’s Rebekah Chung reached out to Joseph, Hollander & Craft’s Dustin Curry for answers. Curry, who specializes in DUI and criminal defense matters, explained that […]
Effective July 1, under a change in state law, Kansas drivers can no longer be charged with a crime for refusing a sobriety test. The Wichita Eagle published an article on July 2, 2019, about this change, and DUI Defense Attorney, B. Keith Edwards responded to the editor with the following: On the front page […]
Welcome to the third edition of the Joseph, Hollander & Craft Year in Review. As we rounded the corner into 2019, we reflected on the achievements of 2018. It was a year of internal growth, community leadership, and courtroom success—we’d like to share major highlights with you here. It is a privilege to represent our […]
The Kansas statute prohibiting driving under the influence (“DUI”), K.S.A. 8-1567, categorizes the severity level of the crime based on how many prior DUI convictions the offender has. For example, DUI is a class B misdemeanor for someone who has no prior DUI convictions. But DUI is a felony for someone with three or more […]