Supreme Court of Kansas· 10/31/2014

State v. Holt

Citations

300 Kan. 985
336 P.3d 312
2014 Kan. LEXIS 586

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emphasizing facts not relevant to proving the charged crime can be misconduct
emphasizing facts not relevant to proving the charged crime can be misconduct
improper for a prosecutor to comment during a murder trial that there is a 9-year- old and a newborn without a father
A prosecutor steps over the bounds of permissible argument when he or she asks for justice for a specific victim as opposed to justice in general.
comment on victim's children no longer having a father improper appeal for sympathy
prosecutor stated that victim's children no longer had a father after he was murdered

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Judges: Elliott, Johnson, Luckert, Moritz

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