State v. Clements

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Defendant, John F. Clements, appeals his conviction of aggravated criminal sodomy, K.S.A. 21-3506, claiming that he was denied his statutory right to a speedy trial, K.S.A. 22-3402, and that the trial court erred by permitting the State’s expert witness to explain the psychology and treatability of sexual offenders to the jury. We find that, although the defendant’s statutory right to a speedy trial was not violated, admission of the expert testimony violated the defendant’s right to a fair trial and we reverse.

In 1985, Clements was charged…