State v. Genson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “It is within the power of the legislature to declare an act criminal irrespective of the intent or knowledge of the doer of the act. In accordance with 6 this power, the legislature in many instances has prohibited, under penalty, the performance of specific acts. The doing of the inhibited act constitutes the crime, and the moral turpitude or purity of the motive by which it was prompted and the knowledge or ignorance of its criminal character are immaterial circumstances on the question of guilt. The only fact to be determined in these cases is whether the defendant did the act. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Thomas

2. “We begin with the well-established recognition that the Legislature has the authority to create strict liability crimes: 'That it is within the power of the legislature to forbid the doing of an act and make its commission criminal, without regard to the intent or knowledge of the doer, is well established in our jurisprudence. [Citations omitted.] ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Thomas

3. “Genson fails to show that K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 21-5203(e) bears no reasonable relationship to the permissible legislative objective noted above. Rather, KORA meets the rational basis test because it is in the interest of government to protect the public from sexual and other violent offenders. [Citations omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Genson