{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-20-1203","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 20-1203","heading":"Direct contempts.","body":"That a direct contempt may be punished summarily, without written accusation against the person arraigned, but if the court or judge in chambers shall adjudge him guilty thereof a judgment shall be entered of record, in which shall be specified the conduct constituting such contempt, with a statement of whatever defense or extenuation the accused offered thereto, and the sentence of the court thereon.","path":["Chapter 20.—COURTS","Article 12.—CONTEMPTS OF COURT"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch20/020_012_0003.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:08Z","sha256":"b146521861489b213667ad11a707225f21a4303573d5521dd54d9ddcadaac03a","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-20-1202","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-20-1204a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}