Supreme Court of Kansas· 3/13/2009

State v. Decker

Citations

202 P.3d 669
288 Kan. 306
2009 Kan. LEXIS 46

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holding that a prosecutor’s statement that “he’s no longer presumed innocent” was “misconduct” (emphasis omitted)
finding it was not plain error when prosecutor stated during closing argument that defendant was no longer presumed innocent
even when cause of death undisputed, autopsy photo of a child’s brain admissible to show time when the abuse occurred
\A jury is clearly instructed to begin deliberations presuming that the defendant is not guilty.\
although the prosecution’s statement was improper, the error was not prejudicial because the prosecutor’s other statements properly argued that the State had overcome the presumption of innocence

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Judges: Johnson

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