Supreme Court of Kansas
In re Wrongful Conviction of Arita
July 10, 2026
Summary
The court affirmed summary judgment against Arita under Kansas's wrongful-conviction statute. It held that the statute's reference to the "crime or crimes" is ambiguous when applied to alternative-means crimes, but that the phrase refers to the overall crime rather than a particular alternative means. Because Arita presented no evidence that he was factually innocent of the overall crimes and his convictions were reversed for a charging-and-proof mismatch, he could not recover compensation.