WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – A Kansas Senate committee heard testimony Monday on a bill that would allow prior DUI convictions from municipal courts to be used for sentencing purposes when a DUI results in injury or death.
The bill, HB 2747, stems from the 2022 death of Deputy Sidnee Carter. Carter was responding to a call when she was struck and killed by a driver who was high on marijuana and ran a stop sign. The man who hit her had two prior DUI convictions from the City of Wichita. Under current sentencing guidelines, those convictions could not be used against him, resulting in a shorter sentence.
Sheriff Jeff Easter and Deputy Carter’s father, Jerry Carter, both testified in favor of the bill…