Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 22-3613

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

(a) When a district court has granted relief in a proceeding under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-1507, and amendments thereto, and the prosecution files a docketing statement in an appellate court seeking an appeal from the district court’s decision to grant relief, the underlying criminal case shall automatically be stayed, and the time during which the prosecution’s appeal is pending shall not be counted for the purpose of determining whether a defendant is entitled to discharge under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-3402, and amendments thereto, until the mandate in the prosecution’s appeal is issued.

(b) Notwithstanding the stay required by subsection (a), a court may release the prisoner on bond in accordance with Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-2804, and amendments thereto, regardless of whether the prisoner has filed a notice of appeal.

(c) The stay of the underlying criminal case in subsection (a) may be lifted upon a motion filed in appellate court if the court finds that the prisoner:

(1) Has made a strong showing that the prisoner is entitled to relief; and

(2) will be irreparably injured if the stay is not lifted.

(d) If the stay in subsection (a) is lifted:

(1) The time during which the prosecution’s appeal is pending shall not be counted for the purpose of determining whether a defendant is entitled to discharge under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-3402, and amendments thereto, until the mandate in the prosecution’s appeal is issued; and

(2) the prisoner shall be entitled to a new bond hearing in the underlying criminal case pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-2802, and amendments thereto.

(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas code of criminal procedure.