Attorney General Opinion No.

Charles E. Simmons, Secretary Department of Corrections Landon State Office Building 900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 400-N Topeka, Kansas 66612-1284

Dear Mr. Simmons:

As secretary for the Kansas department of corrections you request our opinion concerning several questions which pertain to a third or subsequent conviction for the crime of domestic battery within five years immediately proceeding commission of the crime. The 1996 legislature enacted senate bill no. 585, section 13 of which amended K.S.A. 21-3412 establishing the crime of domestic battery for which a third or subsequent conviction is…