State v. KUHS

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that the jury did not abuse its discretion in finding especial cruelty when the victim was stabbed twenty-one times and died by bleeding to death while choking on his blood
• allowing trial judges to rely on then’ observations of courtroom behavior in making decisions
• rejecting argument that “one cannot commit felony murder when one committed burglary in order to commit murder”
• finding the trial court is in the best position to determine the impact an objectionable statement had on the jury and on the trial (citation omitted)
• discussing what a trial court must consider to avoid jury coercion
• discussing factors 4 to consider in assessing coerciveness of impasse instruction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).