State v. Doyen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is an appeal by the state from the dismissal of a criminal complaint charging three counts of fraudulent campaign finance reporting in violation of K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 25-4129. The sole issue presented by the state on the appeal is whether the complaint, together with the supporting affidavit, was sufficient to allege a violation of the statute.

For purposes of this appeal we will assume the following facts to be true: In 1976 the defendant, Ross O. Doyen, became a candidate for reelection to the Kansas Senate from the twenty-third…