Volume 11, No. 1, Spring 2014

The Kansas ProsecutorThe official publication of the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association

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Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision

by Matthew Billinger, Deputy Compact Administrator

Introduction by Steven A. Karrer, Assistant Attorney General

History

What a Prosecutor Should Know

and Why They Should Care

I became a prosecutor in May 2001. Over the years, I heard of the Interstate Compact for Adult

Offender Supervision (ICAOS); however, I had no idea its function or my responsibilities as a prosecutor

to be a member of the Kansas Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision. It was at this time I

met Matthew Billinger, Deputy Compact Administrator for the State of Kansas. He provided me with the

history of the compact, the compact rules, and potential consequences for violating the rules. Of course,

as a professional prosecutor, I only paid partial attention to Matthew’s information until he stated there

me and the rest of the members of the Council, a violation had occurred and the State of Kansas was

corrective action plan, which requires the Council to educate judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel on

the interstate compact. It is to this end, I have asked Matthew to provide this basic review of the compact

and potential pitfalls to avoid. His information is below.

Footnotes

ICAOS History

Tallahassee

Magazine.

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Kansas Law

Common Violations

3. State ex rel. Dyer v. Sims

4. Cuyler v. Adams

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