{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6812","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-6812","heading":"Actions which prosecutors may take under agreements with defendants for plea; exceptions relating to prior convictions.","body":"The prosecutor and the attorney for the defendant, or the defendant when acting pro se, may engage in discussions with a view toward reaching an agreement that, upon the entering of a plea to a charged offense or to a lesser or related offense, the prosecutor may do any of the following:\n(a) Move for dismissal of other charges or counts;\n(b) recommend a particular sentence within the sentencing range applicable to the offense or to the offense to which the offender pled guilty;\n(c) recommend a particular sentence outside of the sentencing range only when departure factors exist and such factors are stated on the record;\n(d) agree to file a particular charge or count;\n(e) agree not to file charges or counts; or\n(f) make any other promise to the defendant, except that the prosecutor shall not enter into any agreement to decline to use a prior drug conviction of the defendant to elevate or enhance the severity level of a drug crime as provided in K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5705 or 21-5706, and amendments thereto, or make any agreement to exclude any prior conviction from the criminal history of the defendant.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 68.—REVISED SENTENCING GUIDELINES"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_068_0012.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:13Z","sha256":"8770ba58d6cb3257becf33e0005be45501a9231152e3b98e46ea449ae14f9e20","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6811d","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6813"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}