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 […]
Kansas law permits expungement of certain convictions, adjudications, arrest records, and diversion agreements. Once an eligible offense is expunged, a person must be treated as if he has never been arrested for, convicted of, or diverted from the expunged crime. Though the expunged offense will still be considered when determining criminal history in any subsequent […]
Restaurants, bars, caterers, liquor retailers, liquor distributors, and liquor manufacturers (including wineries, microbreweries, and microdistilleries) are regulated at the state level by the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division. The ABC Division issues 17 different licenses and 5 different permits for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic liquor. Local governments also play […]