Legal Opinion
Attorney General Opinion No.
Kansas Attorney General Reports
Decided June 16, 2008Published
1Opinion of the Court
Roger Werholtz, Secretary KansAs Department of Corrections 900 SW Jackson Street Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Secretary Werholtz:
You inquire whether 2008 House Bill 2707 (HB 2707)1 which changes the length of post incarceration supervision for inmates who have committed a crime after July 1, 1993 while imprisoned for a crime committed prior to July 1, 1993 violates the Ex Post Facto provision of the United States Constitution.2
The provision at issue appears in italics with strike-type signifying deletion of current language:
"(e)(1) Any person who is convicted and sentenced for a crime committed…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Stuart Jeffrey PaskowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Anderson v. BruceSupreme Court of Kansas · 2002
- Byrnes v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison SupervisionCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1995