2011 Kansas Code
Chapter 21. - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 33. - ANTICIPATORY CRIMES
21-3303 Criminal solicitation.

21-3303. Criminal solicitation. (a) Criminal solicitation is commanding, encouraging or requesting another person to commit a felony, attempt to commit a felony or aid and abet in the commission or attempted commission of a felony for the purpose of promoting or facilitating the felony.

(b) It is immaterial under subsection (a) that the actor fails to communicate with the person solicited to commit a felony if the person's conduct was designed to effect a communication.

(c) It is an affirmative defense that the actor, after soliciting another person to commit a felony, persuaded that person not to do so or otherwise prevented the commission of the felony, under circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary renunciation of the actor's criminal purposes.

(d) (1) Criminal solicitation to commit an off-grid felony shall be ranked at nondrug severity level 3. Criminal solicitation to commit any other nondrug felony shall be ranked on the nondrug scale at three severity levels below the appropriate level for the underlying or completed crime. The lowest severity level for criminal solicitation to commit a nondrug felony shall be level 10.

(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a violation of criminal solicitation to commit the crime of:

(A) Aggravated trafficking, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3447, and amendments thereto, if the offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 14 years of age;

(B) terrorism as defined in K.S.A. 21-3449, and amendments thereto;

(C) illegal use of weapons of mass destruction as defined in K.S.A. 21-3450, and amendments thereto;

(D) rape, as defined in subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 21-3502, and amendments thereto, if the offender is 18 years of age or older;

(E) aggravated indecent liberties with a child, as defined in subsection (a)(3) of K.S.A. 21-3504, and amendments thereto, if the offender is 18 years of age or older;

(F) aggravated criminal sodomy, as defined in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of K.S.A. 21-3506, and amendments thereto, if the offender is 18 years of age or older;

(G) promoting prostitution, as defined in K.S.A. 21-3513, and amendments thereto, if the offender is 18 years of age or older and the prostitute is less than 14 years of age; or

(H) sexual exploitation of a child, as defined in subsection (a)(5) or (a)(6) of K.S.A. 21-3516, and amendments thereto, if the offender is 18 years of age or older.

(e) Criminal solicitation to commit a felony which prescribes a sentence on the drug grid shall reduce the prison term prescribed in the drug grid block for an underlying or completed crime by six months.