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· 1/30/2009

State v. Brinklow

Citations

  • 200 P.3d 1225
  • 288 Kan. 39
  • 2009 Kan. LEXIS 12
  • 2009 WL 211742

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the testimony of the victim alone was sufficient to sustain defendant's convictions for aggravated indecent liberties with a child
  • noting that Matlock was an \aberrant\ decision and that it was \perhaps the only case of its kind in this state where the Supreme Court directly weighed the evidence and assessed the credibility of the prosecutrix to reverse a conviction for rape\
  • discussing State v. Wilson, 281 Kan. 277, 286, 130 P.3d 48 [2006]
  • reviewing Matlock, Brinklow, and other cases on how to assess witness credibility on appeal
  • stating Matlock is perhaps the only Kansas case in which the Supreme Court directly weighed the evidence and assessed the credibility of a witness to reverse a conviction, calling such review \aberrant\
  • a prosecutor erred by using the phrase \sometimes you just know\ to describe the State's burden of proof

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Judges: Johnson, McFarland, Marquardt

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