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State v. Butler

Citations

  • 416 P.3d 116
  • 307 Kan. 831

How courts have described this case

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  • holding district court appropriately instructed jury it had to find defendant knowingly committed conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery
  • stating that K.S.A. 60-455 does not apply if the evidence relates to crimes or civil wrongs committed as a part of the events surrounding the crimes for which the defendant was on trial
  • finding prosecutor's use of word \'ridiculous'\ to comment on believability of defense's theory was not error, as it did not disparage defense counsel
  • defining reasonable probability that the result of the trial would have been different as a probability sufficient to undermine 40 confidence in the outcome
  • noting a decision is not strategic when an attorney \lacks the information necessary to make an informed decision due to an insufficient investigation\
  • declining invitation to reweigh the credibility of witnesses when the trial court found that the attorney was not made aware of a potential alibi defense prior to trial

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Judges: Stegall

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