Seth L. Rundle

Was partly reversed by the Kansas Supreme Court in State v. Zongker. The court said he wrongly denied Zongker about eight months of jail-time credit and ordered the credit added.

April 3, 2026

Source: searchdro.kscourts.gov

Sentenced Ruben Contreras to 43 months in prison, the most Kansas law allowed, for shooting and paralyzing a teenager at a Goddard Walmart. He also ordered 15 years of violent-offender registration.

January 8, 2026

Source: sedgwick.gov

Presided over the murder trial of Adrian Zongker for killing a Wichita restaurant owner. On 2024-09-13 the Kansas Supreme Court upheld the first-degree murder conviction but threw out the gun-charge sentence for a wrong criminal-history score.

September 13, 2024

Source: kscourts.gov

Won re-election as Sedgwick County District Judge, Division 5, without an opponent, receiving 102,479 votes in the official 2022 canvass.

November 8, 2022

Source: sedgwickcounty.org

Sentenced Anthony Seymour to 570 months (47 1/2 years) in prison for abducting and raping a 15-year-old Wichita girl. He denied the defense request for no more than 10 years.

September 19, 2022

Source: aol.com

Won the 2014 race for Sedgwick County District Judge, Division 5, with 68,559 votes (52.4%) to Gregory L. Waller's 62,220 (47.5%).

November 4, 2014

Source: sedgwick.gov

Was reversed by the Kansas Court of Appeals in State v. Seymour. The court said he violated Seymour's right to a lawyer by ignoring his request for a court-appointed attorney, and it sent the rape and kidnapping case back.

May 24, 2024Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: kscourts.gov

Ruled in a consolidated property and protection-order case (Roberts v. Weaver); on 2017-02-03 the Kansas Court of Appeals upheld his ruling on a car but threw out his stalking order. The court said he turned an abuse petition into a stalking order without the required petition or notice, denying due process.

February 3, 2017Unfavorable on Legal Competence

Source: kscourts.gov