The Kansas Court of Appeals panel will hear oral arguments next week by video conference including a case from Riley County.
The judges will hear an appeal in State v. Daniel Earl Genson III. Genson was charged with failing to register under the Kansas Offender Registration Act. Genson raised an insanity defense and claims he was involuntarily committed just days after his time to register lapsed. The district court rejected the defense because failing to register is a strict liability crime and precluded evidence of his mental health at trial.
Genson was convicted by a jury in early 2019.
On appeal, he challenges the constitutionality of the Kansas Offender Registration Act, alleges the district court improperly instructed the jury and contends the court improperly precluded mental health evidence.
The panel will hear the case at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
According to information on the Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s public offender registry, Genson was convicted in Geary County in 2017 on charges of attempted voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault.
