Supreme Court of Kansas· 5/27/1994

State v. Davis

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874 P.2d 1156
255 Kan. 357
1994 Kan. LEXIS 73

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noting that cross-examination of defense witness concerning prior robbery conviction was proper impeachment because robbery is ,a crime of dishonesty under the applicable Kansas Rule of Evidence
\find[ing] it significant that the court instructed the jury not to 81 consider the fact that the defendant did not testify\ in holding prosecutor's indirect remarks on defendant's silence were harmless
\The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution forbids comment by the prosecution on the accused's silence.\
in an unrelated charge, finding State not required to prove a negative but rather the defendant has burden to introduce evidence that an exception applies
brevity of prosecutor's improper remarks on defendant's silence contributed to finding of harmless error

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