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State v. Paul

Citations

  • 175 P.3d 840
  • 285 Kan. 658
  • 2008 Kan. LEXIS 13

How courts have described this case

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  • A criminal defendant has the obligation to designate a record sufficient to support a claim of reviewable error on appeal.
  • court should not read statute to “add language that is not found in it”
  • The burden is on the appellant to furnish a record to support a claim of error at thé trial court. Without such a record, the claim of alleged error fails.
  • court resorts to maxims of construction when statute is ambiguous, i.e., contains language of doubtful or conflicting meaning and leaves uncertainty as to which of multiple meanings is proper
  • when defendant fails to designate sufficient record to show error, claim must be denied
  • when defendant fails to designate sufficient record to show error, claim must be denied

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Judges: Davis, Johnson, Hill

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