Legal Opinion
State v. Randol
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 14, 1979No. 50,820PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Holmes, J.:
This is an appeal by the State on a question reserved from a district court ruling that K.S.A. 21-3405 (vehicular homicide) is unconstitutionally vague and indefinite.
The appellee, Charlene F. Randol, was found not guilty after a trial to the court on two counts of vehicular homicide. She was found not guilty for two reasons: (1) that she was not guilty of more than simple negligence and (2) K.S.A. 21-3405 is unconstitutional as being vague and indefinite. The district court held that the words “material deviation”, as used in the statute…
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