State v. Anderson

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 125,104 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. TODGE ANTON ANDERSON, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A district court's decision about whether to impose a sanction for a discovery violation, and which sanction to impose, is reviewed for an abuse of discretion so long as due process rights are not implicated. And generally, defendants do not have a due process right to have evidence excluded when a party violates a discovery order. An abuse of discretion occurs if the decision is arbitrary, fanciful, or unreasonable, or if it is based on an error of…