State v. Buser

ORDER

This is a criminal appeal. On March 26, 2015, Joseph Buser’s defense counsel, Meryl Carver-Allmond, filed a Motion to Find Mandatory Application of K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 20-3301 Unconstitutional. The State filed no response to the motion and no motion for extension of time to respond. After hearing nothing from the State in the 3 months following the filing of the motion, we analyzed the issues presented and granted the motion in an order dated July 1, 2015. We held subsection (c) of the statute was unconstitutional and relieved Carver-Allmond of any purported duty to comply with its…