State v. Richardson

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 107,786 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DJUAN R. RICHARDSON, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT Non-sex offenders seeking to avoid retroactive application of provisions of the Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA) must, in order to satisfy the "effects" prong of the test set forth in Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez, 372 U.S. 144, 168-69, 83 S. Ct. 554,

9 L. Ed. 2d 644

(1963), produce a record that distinguishes—by the "clearest proof"— KORA's effect on those classes of offenders from the Act's effects on sex offenders as a class. Review of the judgment…