State v. Urban

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

Defendant Kristi Marie Urban petitioned this court for review of a Court of Appeals decision reversing a district court dismissal of this aggravated escape prosecution. Urban argues that the appellate panel should have followed the K.S.A. 21-3809(b)(l) interpretation in State v. Hampton, No. 91,092, a different panel’s earlier unpublished opinion. The State’s principal argument is that an unpublished opinion should not be treated as controlling precedent.

Factual and Procedural Background

Urban was charged in Case No. 06CR2179 with several…