State v. Bickford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

This is an appeal by the State of Kansas in a traffic prosecution from an order of the Shawnee County District Court dismissing one count of a two-count traffic complaint against the defendant, Randall C. Bickford, pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3602(h)(l).

A driver’s license check lane was established by the Kansas Highway Patrol at the intersection of South Topeka Avenue and 45th Street on the night of November 20, 1982. At approximately 2:10 a.m. on November 21, 1982, the defendant was stopped at the check lane. While checking the defendant’s…