Supreme Court of Kansas· 8/22/2008

State v. Hughes

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191 P.3d 268
286 Kan. 1010
2008 Kan. LEXIS 455
2008 WL 3876603

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\The State may nevertheless admit evidence 15 of motive to explain why the defendant may have committed the crime or crimes at issue even though motive is not an element of the offense.\
Hughes’ out-of-court hearsay confession to a cellmate was not testimonial because it was not made “ ‘under circumstances which would lead an objective witness reasonably to believe that the statement would be available for use at a later trial.’ ”
co-defendant’s confession to cellmates were not testimonial

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Judges: Rosen, Luckert, Johnson, Nuss

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