In re Care & Treatment of Ellison

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 112,256 In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of TODD ELLISON. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A person's pretrial detention under the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act, K.S.A. 59-29a01 et seq., is a deprivation of liberty that requires due process protection. 2. The multifactor test used in Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 530, 92 S. Ct. 2182,

33 L. Ed. 2d 101

(1972) (length of delay, reason for the delay, assertion of right to speedy trial, and prejudice to the defendant) to assess constitutional speedy trial rights in criminal cases provides the…