State v. Wilmer

Arnold-Burger, J.:

The Kansas Legislature has made it a crime to violate a no-contact order issued at any time during a criminal case. K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 21-5924(a)(4). The district court ordered Clayton Deion Wilmer to have no contact with witness Caitlynn Cruce, his ex-girlfriend, during the pendency of his criminal case, concerned that Wilmer was attempting to convince Cruce to change her testimony. Wilmer was subsequently charged with and convicted of 21 counts of violating the no-contact order. Wilmer challenges the district courts authority to issue such an order and also challenges the…