Kansas high court to be asked to review prison dentist case

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay plans to ask the Kansas Supreme Court to review a ruling that overturned the conviction of a former prison dentist.

The Kansas Court of Appeals last month overturned the conviction of Tomas Co for having unlawful sexual relations with a female inmate at Topeka Correctional Facility.

The court said Co’s touching of the inmate was inappropriate but did not meet the legal definition of being lewd, which was required for a conviction of the charge he faces.

Kagay says if the Supreme Court does not overturn the lower court’s ruling, he will seek a legislative change to the related law cited by the appeals court.