Brock W. Cunningham was charged with first-degree murder and one count of felony child abuse in the death of a Dodge City 3-year-old. Cunningham’s lawyer, Dan Monnat, said that Cunningham is innocent and tried to save the child’s life that night…
The state of Kansas is demanding William Marotta of Topeka help support a lesbian couple’s three-year-old daughter. It’s a first of its kind in Kansas, and “the issue will be whether to follow the letter of the law or to carve out some kind of exception of the law based on the parties’ intent,” Dan Monnat says.
Authorities in Lyon County are investigating after a homeowner shot an intruder breaking into his home near Neosho Rapids. The shooting has left some asking what their rights are when defending their home or property from intruders.
“Controversial cases like this always create a great hue and cry from the public” says Wichita attorney Dan Monnat…
What’s being proposed here, however, raises I think serious constitutional questions,” says Legal Expert Dan Monnat of Wichita. Monnat says DUI check lanes have been ruled legal on the Supreme Court level.
“So far the Kansas courts have reviewed seven capital convictions, and reversed seven capital convictions,” says Legal Analyst and Wichita attorney Dan Monnat. “Mr. Cheever was originally asked by the court to talk when it was thought he would be going after mental defense. But he never made mental defense. That clearly violated Mr. Cheever’s 5th amendment right not to be compelled to be a witness against himself….”
The man who was once in line to become the potentate of the Wichita Midian Shrine Temple could face a trial on rape and child sex charges… However, Mosier’s defense attorney, Dan Monnat, claims the allegations are patently false…
“If our legislature adopts this constitutional amendment it is doomed to failure,” said attorney Dan Monnat. Monnat says the language is too vague to be upheld in court.
“The power of eminent domain is often a sad hardship on families who have understandable historical and emotional attachments to their homes,” explains legal analyst Dan Monnat.
A Kansas man has sued Facebook, claiming the social media company violated wiretap laws with a tracking cookie that records users’ web browsing history after they log off the site. According to KSN Legal Expert Dan Monnat, “the plaintiffs in this case are likely to have an uphill battle….
“That means even though the theory is felony murder, if there’s evidence to suggest a lesser degree of homicide than the jury must consider that lesser crime,” said KSN legal analyst Dan Monnat.
