Supreme Court of Kansas· 10/23/2009

State v. Hendrix

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218 P.3d 40
289 Kan. 859
2009 Kan. LEXIS 1041
2009 WL 3400968

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finding that evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the defendant to justify a rational fact-finder finding in accordance with the defendant's theory
“Intent of the legislature is to be derived in die first place from the words used.”
when statutory language plain, unambiguous, no need to resort to statutory construction; appellate court merely interprets language as it appears, does not speculate, read into statute language not readily found
court rejects an interpretation that would render distinction of terms superfluous
“In interpreting a statute, the fundamental rule to which all other rules are subordinate is that the intent of the legislature governs if that intent can be ascertained. Intent of the legislature is to be derived in the first place from the words used.”

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Judges: Nuss, Davis, Luckert

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