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Enhanced Penalties—Sentencing (view all states for this subject)

Kansas 21-4704. Sentencing Guidelines; Grid for Nondrug Crimes; Authority and Responsibility of Sentencing Court; Presumptive Disposition; Nongrid Crime.

(k) If it is shown at sentencing that the offender committed any felony violation for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang, with the specific intent to promote, further, or assist in any criminal conduct by gang members, the offender's sentence shall be presumed imprisonment. Any decision made by the court regarding the imposition of the optional nonprison sentence shall not be considered a departure and shall not be subject to appeal. As used in this subsection, "criminal street gang" means any organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, having as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more person felonies or felony violations of the uniform controlled substances act, K.S.A. 65-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, which has a common name or common identifying sign or symbol, whose members, individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in the commission, attempted commission, conspiracy to commit or solicitation of two or more person felonies or felony violations of the uniform controlled substances act, K.S.A. 65-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any substantially similar offense from another jurisdiction.

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Gang-Related Definitions (view all states for this subject)

Kansas 21-4704. Sentencing Guidelines; Grid for Nondrug Crimes; Authority and Responsibility of Sentencing Court; Presumptive Disposition; Nongrid Crime.

(k) If it is shown at sentencing that the offender committed any felony violation for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang, with the specific intent to promote, further, or assist in any criminal conduct by gang members, the offender's sentence shall be presumed imprisonment. Any decision made by the court regarding the imposition of the optional nonprison sentence shall not be considered a departure and shall not be subject to appeal. As used in this subsection, "criminal street gang" means any organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, having as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more person felonies or felony violations of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, K.S.A. 65-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, which has a common name or common identifying sign or symbol, whose members, individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in the commission, attempted commission, conspiracy to commit or solicitation of two or more person felonies or felony violations of the uniform controlled substances act, K.S.A. 65-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any substantially similar offense from another jurisdiction.

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Juvenile Gang Members (view all states for this subject)

Kansas 75-7023. Juvenile Intake and Assessment System; Confidentiality of Records; Information Collected; Custody of Child; Conditions of Release

(d) In addition to any other information required by the supreme court administrative order, the secretary, the commissioner or by the district court of such district, the juvenile intake and assessment worker shall collect the following information:

(2) criminal history, including indications of criminal gang involvement;


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