State v. Lawton

No. 126,789 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. QUENTIN KIRK LAWTON, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. There are no secret crimes in America. A tenet of fundamental fairness, enshrined in the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, provides that a person must have notice that certain conduct is illegal. If there is no notice, there is no due process, and with no due process there can be no conviction. 2. When the Kansas Legislature publishes a criminal statute it has enacted, everyone receives constructive notice that certain conduct…