Supreme Court of Kansas· 4/10/2015

State v. Knox

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301 Kan. 671
342 P.3d 656
2015 Kan. LEXIS 223

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holding prosecutorial error was harmless since significant evidence, including testimony by several independent witnesses and physical evidence, supported jury's verdict
finding prosecutor's statement that it was defense counsel's job to \'make [the witnesses] look like liars'\ was misconduct because it disparaged opposing counsel
misconduct for prosecutor to comment about defense counsel's experience because the statement relied on facts outside the evidence
\The prosecutor's statement that it was defense counsel's job to 'make [the witnesses] look like liars' disparaged the role of defense counsel in the adversarial process.\
\The prosecutor's statement that it was defense counsel's job to 'make [the witnesses] look like liars' disparaged the role of defense counsel in the adversarial process.\
Prosecutor erred by stating her personal opinion that witness \'was brutally honest on the stand'\ and told \'the truth'\ because \comments were unsworn and unchecked statements that are not fair commentary on the evidence.\

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Judges: Luckert, Malone

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