Supreme Court of Kansas· 5/23/2014

State v. Armstrong

Citations

299 Kan. 405
324 P.3d 1052
2014 WL 2155272
2014 Kan. LEXIS 251

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statement about defendant’s “denial, half-truths, truths, other stories” was fair comment on evidence because defendant gave six inconsistent versions of the crime
A district court does not have to provide the jury a definition for widely used words or those readily comprehensible by individuals of common intelligence.
standard of review of a trial court’s decision on a motion for mistrial is an abuse of discretion
standard of review of a trial court's decision on a motion for mistrial is an abuse of discretion
A 9 district court does not have to provide the jury a definition for widely used words or those readily comprehensible by individuals of common intelligence.
a district court does not err in refusing to give lesser included offense instructions on a crime which is unsupported by evidence

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Judges: Luckert

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