State v. Fisher

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

The State brings this appeal as a matter of right from an order of the Johnson District Court dismissing a complaint charging the defendant, Kathleen Fisher, with endangering a child, K.S.A. 21-3608(1)(b), and holding that statute unconstitutionally vague. We reverse.

The statute reads:

“21-3608. Endangering a child. (1) Endangering a child is willfully:

“(a) Causing or permitting a child under the age of eighteen (18) years to suffer unjustifiable physical pain or mental distress; or “(b) Unreasonably causing or permitting a child under the…