State v. Garrett

Nos. 127,994 127,995 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. TAVIAN TISHUN GARRETT, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Judges should define words in jury instructions when the Legislature has defined those words inconsistently with the ordinary, contemporary, and common meanings of the terms, such as in the Kansas Offender Registration Act. 2. The scope of section 15 of the Kansas Constitution's Bill of Rights governing searches and seizures is identical to that of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 3. The Fourth Amendment is not…