State v. Bentley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, C.J.:

The defendant, Quintín Bentley, was convicted of two counts of indecent liberties with a child (K.S.A. 21-3503). The issue on appeal concerns the criminal statute of limitations (K.S.A. 21-3106) and whether a threat to a child not to tell anyone what the defendant had done constitutes concealment and tolls the running of the statute of limitations.

In an unpublished opinion filed January 9, 1986, the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s convictions and held a threat to a child does not constitute concealment. The basis of the…