Supreme Court of Kansas· 12/22/1994

State v. Duke

Citations

256 Kan. 703
887 P.2d 110
1994 Kan. LEXIS 173

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prosecutor’s “smoke and mirrors” comments implying that defense counsel was trying to intentionally mislead the jury were within the permissible bounds of rhetoric
prosecutor \may use picturesque language as long as he or she introduces no facts not disclosed by the evidence\
prosecutor called defense closing argument “a lot of smoke,” said “[i]t’s smoke and mirrors . . . trying to confuse you“; no intent to mislead and within permissible bounds of rhetoric
Prosecutors “should not use statements calculated to inflame the passions or prejudices of the jury . . . or . . . mak[e] predictions of the consequences of the jury’s verdict.”
omission of element of aggravated arson that fire damaged property in which another person has an interest was harmless error because “missing element in the instruction would not have altered the outcome of the trial”
defendant failed to explain how the judge’s failure to expressly state the requirements of K.S.A. 22-3422, to determine if there was any legal reason judgment should not be pronounced against him, prejudiced him; therefore, error was harmless

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Judges: Lockett

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