22-3802. When costs taxed to complaining witness. - Kansas Statutes

22-3802

Chapter 22.--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE KANSAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Article 38.--COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES

      22-3802.   When costs taxed to complaining witness.If it appears to the court that the prosecution was instituted withoutprobable cause and from malicious motives, the court may require thecomplaining witness or other person instituting the prosecution to appearand answer concerning his motives for instituting the prosecution. If, uponhearing, the court determines that the prosecution was instituted withoutprobable cause and from malicious motives all costs in the case shall betaxed against the complaining witness or other person initiating theprosecution.

      History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3802; July 1.