Supreme Court of Kansas· 4/19/2013

State v. Marks

Citations

297 Kan. 131
298 P.3d 1102

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holding that the constitution requires the State to give copies of discovery to defense counsel, but not to the defendant personally
“It is within a trial court’s discretion whether to exclude evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the risk of unfair prejudice.”
adequacy of legal basis for admitting evidence reviewed de novo, although other bases for admission or exclusion should be tested for abuse of discretion
prosecutor erred by stating that defendant formed the intent to kill \'during the act [of stabbing] itself'\ because it \confused the formation of premeditation from what was instructed\
plain language of statute provides starting point for statutory interpretation

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Judges: Biles, Johnson, Moritz

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