How do judges of the Kansas Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Kansas Court of Appeals / Joined 1984 / Served to 1995

Mary Beck Briscoe

Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals

Mary Beck Briscoe was a Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1984. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Tenure: 1984–1995 · 11 yrs
Education: University of Kansas 1969

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1984	Kansas Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

University of Virginia-Main Campus
University of Kansas	B.A.	1969

Judicial Record

In our data, Briscoe authored 104 published opinions for the court (1984–1995), plus 3 concurrences. Most cited: State v. Richardson (46 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 107 of these were attributed to Briscoe by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1995	State v. Richardson†	20 Kan. App. 2d 932	46
1988	Angle v. Kansas Department of Revenue†	758 P.2d 226	36
1993	Baumann v. Excel Industries, Inc.†	845 P.2d 65	31
1991	Lamb v. Kansas Parole Board†	812 P.2d 761	31
1995	Vetter v. Morgan†	913 P.2d 1200	28
1990	State v. Kelly†	786 P.2d 623	26
1987	State v. Kirby†	744 P.2d 146	26
1991	State v. Zirkle†	814 P.2d 452	22
1991	Dietz v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.†	823 P.2d 810	20
1994	Moyer v. Allen Freight Lines, Inc.· Concurrence†	20 Kan. App. 2d 203	19
1993	Martin v. Board of Johnson County Comm'rs†	848 P.2d 1000	19
1985	State v. Myers†	697 P.2d 879	19
1994	Thompson v. Founders Group International, Inc.†	20 Kan. App. 2d 261	18
1987	In the Interest of J. G.†	12 Kan. App. 2d 44	18
1993	In re T.D.W.†	18 Kan. App. 2d 286	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 107 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Kansas Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Mary Beck Briscoe on?: Mary Beck Briscoe was a Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals.

Sources

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11 years on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).