State v. Turpin

── State v. Turpin ── Court: Court of Appeals of Kansas Date: June 05, 2026 Category: General NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION No. 128,815 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. PATRICIA ANN TURPIN, Appellant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Appeal from Butler District Court; DAVID A. RICKE, judge. Submitted without oral argument. Opinion filed June 5, 2026. Affirmed. Kasper Schirer, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant. Amber R. Norris, assistant county attorney, and Kris W. Kobach, attorney general, for appellee. Before CLINE, P.J., BOLTON FLEMING, J., and JEFFREY GETTLER, District Judge, assigned. PER CURIAM: Patricia Ann Turpin pled guilty to one count of computer crime, a level 8, nonperson felony. The oral plea agreement between the parties did not include restitution. As part of Turpin's sentencing, the State requested $1,305.44 in restitution and relied solely on documents attached to the presentence investigation report (PSI) as evidence supporting its request. Turpin did not object to the PSI or the restitution request, and the district court ordered $1,305.44 in restitution. On appeal, Turpin argues that the district court erred because its order for restitution was not supported by substantial competent evidence. But we find no legal barrier that prohibited the court from 1 considering the documents attached to the PSI as evidence, and find that substantial competent evidence supported the district court's decision. Accordingly, we affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In November 2019, Patricia Ann Turpin was hired by AMADA Senior Care to work at Patsy Duncan's residence as a home health care worker. Patsy had dementia and required in-home care. Turpin worked for Patsy only four or five days, and resigned from AMADA the following month. In March 2020, Patsy's son, David, noticed several unauthorized charges within his mother's Intrust Bank checking account and reported the charges to law enforcement. David pointed out that a check had been written on his mother's account for $498.50 to 360 Secure Storage, LLC, located in Afton, Oklahoma (360 Secure Storage). Law enforcement contacted 360 Secure Storage, and an employee there was able to determine that the check had been used to pay for a storage unit rented by Turpin. David identified additional unauthorized transactions within his mother's checking account. Five unauthorized payments totaling $930.08 were made to Cox Communications between December 12, 2019, and February 24, 2020. A $200.00 transfer from Patsy's bank account to an Arvest Bank account owned by Turpin occurred on February 21, 2020. Two unauthorized payments totaling $250.00 were made to Sprint between February 25, 2020, and March 9, 2020. Law enforcement corroborated the connection between the unauthorized transactions and Turpin by issuing subpoenas to Cox Communications, AMADA Senior Care, Intrust Bank, Arvest Bank, and Sprint. Law enforcement confirmed that each unauthorized payment was made to an account associated with Turpin. Law enforcement also determined that the check written to 360 Secure Storage had been forged by Turpin. 2  Turpin was first charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult or an elder person, a class A person misdemeanor. The State later amended the charges to add one count of theft, a class A nonperson misdemeanor, and one count of computer crime, a level 8, nonperson felony. Patsy passed away in 2023 while the case was pending. In June 2024, Turpin reached an oral plea agreement with the State and pled guilty to comput