Supreme Court of Kansas· 1/25/2002

State v. Kirby

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39 P.3d 1
272 Kan. 1170
2002 Kan. LEXIS 5

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holding physician’s negligent medical treatment not a superseding cause
\[A] defendant will be found not responsible for the death which occurs during the commission of a felony only if an extraordinary intervening event supersedes the defendant's act and becomes the sole legal cause of death.\
\'[A] defendant will be found not responsible for the death which occurs during the commission of a felony only if an extraordinary intervening event supersedes the defendant's act and becomes the sole legal cause of death.'\
“A trial court abuses its discretion when it denies a motion for a new trial based on juror misconduct if the defendant can show that [1] an act of the jury constituted misconduct and [2] the misconduct substantially prejudiced the defendant’s right to a fair trial.”
\A trial court abuses its discretion when it denies a motion for a new trial based on juror misconduct if the defendant can show that [1] an act of the jury constituted misconduct and [2] the misconduct substantially prejudiced the defendant's right to a fair trial.\

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