State v. Kelsey

No. 111,598 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JASON D. KELSEY, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Appellate courts presume statutes are constitutional and must resolve all doubts in favor of a statute's validity. Courts must interpret a statute in a way that makes the statute in question constitutional if there is any reasonable construction that would maintain the legislature's apparent intent. 2. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection…