Court Rejects Defendant's Challenge to Restitution Order

The Kansas Court of Appeals rejected a criminal defendant’s constitutional challenges to an order requiring him to pay restitution to a workers’ compensation insurance carrier. Case: State v. Robison, No. 120,903, 06/26/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: In January 2018, prosecutors charged Robert James Robison III with two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer. The charges stemmed from an incident at the Lyon County Jail in which Robison hit Officer Zachary Nance and Cpl. Bobby Cutright several times.   Cutright suffered an injury to his eye and a...