Supreme Court of Kansas· 12/8/1995

State v. Cox

Citations

258 Kan. 557
908 P.2d 603
1995 Kan. LEXIS 162

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holding that because “[n]o evidence was introduced ... to suggest that the motive for the killing was gang related ...[,] the trial court abused its discretion by admitting the gang expert testimony”
holding business records exception did not apply to testimony
“Gang evidence is only admissible where there is sufficient proof that membership or activity is related to the crime charged.”
trial court’s failure to remove juror for cause does not violate the Sixth Amendment
no prejudice against defendant where defendant failed to identify any jurors he would have challenged peremptorily had he not been forced to use peremptory challenges to remove three jurors who trial court refused to remove for cause
only gang evidence was that Cox was in a rap group

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