Supreme Court of Kansas· 10/31/2003

State v. Kunellis

Citations

78 P.3d 776
276 Kan. 461
2003 Kan. LEXIS 580

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holding \State may not present evidence of a victim's good character unless and until it has been attacked by the defense\
holding \State may not present evidence of a victim's good character unless and until it has been attacked by the defense\
examining felony-murder statute, which criminalized the killing of a human being in the commission of, attempt to commit, or flight from an inherently dangerous felony and referring to flight from that “completed crime”
erroneous jury instructions required reversal and remand, but evidence was sufficient to support convictions of felony murder and theft
when verdict shows jury specifically rejected legally sound theory in favor of what court deems legally unsound theory, conviction must be reversed
prosecutor’s statements, testimony painting “Norman Rockwellesque” picture of victims’ lives just before accident designed to inflame jury

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Judges: Nuss, Abbott, Knudson

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