Supreme Court of Kansas· 10/26/2012

State v. Burns

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295 Kan. 951
287 P.3d 261

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concluding that the phrase “oral contact or oral penetration of the female genitalia or oral contact of the male genitalia” contained within definition of sodomy did not create alternative means of committing aggravated criminal sodomy
concluding that the phrase “oral contact or oral penetration of the female genitalia or oral contact of the male genitalia” contained within definition of sodomy did not create alternative means of committing aggravated criminal sodomy
explaining that subsection paragraphs separated by semi-colons create alternative means of committing sodomy while modifying language within a subsection paragraph presents \various factual circumstances that would prove the crime\
sending answer back to jury rather than reading answer in defendant's presence not a constitutional violation
rejecting a similar argument regarding the anal penetration required under K.S.A. 21-3501[2] for aggravated criminal sodomy being perpetrated by [1] a body part or [2] an object
approving of procedure outlined in Coyote for answering written question from jury

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