Supreme Court of Kansas· 8/12/2011

State v. Hall

Citations

257 P.3d 272
292 Kan. 841

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standard of review for claim evidence insufficient requires evidence to be examined in light most favorable to prosecution
prosecutors are not allowed to inflame passions or prejudices of jurors and distract from duty to make decisions based on evidence
error but not clear error because State presented substantial evidence of primary offense
prosecutor may not make statements that inflame the passions or prejudices of the jury
prosecutor may not make statements that inflame the passions or prejudices of the jury
prosecutor’s statement during closing argument that defendant could have formed premeditation after the pull of the first trigger, “because remember, he pulls four times,” improperly stated the law and essentially suggested that premeditation could have been formed instantaneously

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Judges: Caplinger

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