Jones v. State of Kansas, KS, Order, Doppelganger Exoneree, 2018 18CV04856 Div14 IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF KANSAS, JOHNSON COUNTY In the matter of the wrongful conviction of RICHARD JONES ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2018-CV-4856 Division 14 ORDER Richard Jones, (“The Claimant” or “Claimant”), …

seventeen years of wrongful imprisonment. Judge Moriarty found the photo lineups to be suggestive and the original eyewitness identifications unreliable. See, e,g., Exh. A at 111 (“I don’t know how ...

Kansas Supreme Court Modifies “Exoneration Rule” by Matthew Clarke In an opinion handed down on December 31, 2015, the Supreme Court of Kansas modified the requirement that a criminal defendant be exonerated prior to suing the attorney who represented him (the “exoneration rule”). Under the modification, reversal of a conviction …

$500,000 Awarded Kansas Citizen For 25 Days False Imprisonment by Alonzo Echols, 48, is not Alonzo Eacholes, despite repeatedly telling officers, jails, and courts this. In February of 2000, Echols was arrested for felony battery on a warrant that should have been for Eacholes. His release took 18 months, though …

Class Certification Denied in Delay of Probable Cause Hearings Suit by The plaintiffs (196 of them) sought to represent a class of persons arrested without prior probable cause determinations challenging failure to provide timely probable cause hearings. The Supreme Court has said that generally, probable cause hearings should occur within …

Wichita Kansas Pays $6.2 Million to Settle Detainees' Lawsuit by Wichita Kansas Pays $6.2 Million to Settle Detainees' Lawsuit On May 7, 2002, Wichita's City Council approved $6.2 million to be awarded to the 7,000 citizens who had their 14th Amendment rights violated. The suit filed by what the city …

Section 1983 Civil Rights Claims Not Barred by Kansas Tort Remedies by The Kansas Court of Appeals held that the existence of adequate state tort remedies did not bar claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and that the limitation period for § 1983 claims is two years. Kansas prisoner James …