Supreme Court of Kansas· 2/10/2006

State v. Edgar

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281 Kan. 47
127 P.3d 1016
2006 Kan. LEXIS 22

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defendant’s failure to oppose commission of crime supports inference defendant assented to, approved of, encouraged its commission; thus aided, abetted
requested instruction should be granted if evidence supports giving of instruction; reversible error only if instructions as whole do not fairly and properly state law and would have misled jury
context of closing argument reviewed and determined that misstatement of law not purposeful
“[W]hen a homicide occurs during the commission of a felony, the ‘ “felony is the statutory equivalent to the deliberation and premeditation essential to murder in the first degree.’”” [quoting State v. Altum, 262 Kan. 733, 738, 941 P.2d 1348 [1997]

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Judges: Luckert

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