State v. Carter

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 116,223 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. TABITHA CARTER, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A district judge's written journal entry showing that a defendant is a violent offender subject to the Kansas Offender Registration Act because he or she used a deadly weapon in the commission of a person felony is an adequate finding under the Act. 2. A "deadly weapon," as that phrase is used in K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 22-4902(e)(2), means any firearm or other device, instrument, material, or substance that, from the manner in which it is used or is intended to…