In the first case arising out of a sex-sting operation conducted in October 2011, a jury has found a Wichita man not guilty of any crime…”It was obvious… an innocent man was entrapped in a government net that had simply been cast too wide,” said Trevor Riddle, Miller’s defense attorney.
“The death of young Natalie Pickle was a tragic loss,” said attorney Dan Monnat, who represents Brock Cunningham, arrested on suspicion of first degree murder and child abuse. “Brock tried to save Natalie’s life that night. He has cooperated with law enforcement… he’s innocent and will proceed to jury trial…”
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.
