City of Wichita v. Trotter

No. 121,125 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS CITY OF WICHITA, Appellee, v. ARLANDO TROTTER, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A challenged regulatory framework comes before the court cloaked in a presumption of constitutionality. This means that appellate courts presume statutes and ordinances are constitutional and must resolve all doubts in favor of their validity. The party asserting a constitutional claim must prove the law clearly violates the Constitution. 2. Whether an ordinance violates the Constitution presents a question of law over which an appellate court exercises…