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State v. Harris

Citations

  • 259 Kan. 689
  • 915 P.2d 758
  • 1996 Kan. LEXIS 72

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that certain autopsy photographs of the victim’s wounds were admissible because the photographs did not make the wounds look any more gruesome tiran they otherwise would have; the photographs accurately depicted the victim’s injuries
  • affirming convictions of first-degree murder and aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer
  • notice filed in afternoon after arraignment was concluded, contained no further notations; record showed State filed notice with court and with defendant simultaneously; notice proper
  • statement used circumstantially to give rise to an indirect inference rather than for its truth is not hearsay
  • the State indicated an intent to file a notice with the court, but the State cited the incorrect statute number; this court found the notice was still properly filed with the court
  • purpose of statute requiring State to provide notice of intent to seek hard-40 sentence is to make defendant aware of hard-40 prospect so as to be in a position to devise his or her strategy

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Judges: Davis

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