Supreme Court of Kansas· 5/9/2003

State v. Washington

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68 P.3d 134
275 Kan. 644

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considering sua sponte the effectiveness of defense counsel at sentencing, vacating defendant’s sentence, and remanding for resentencing
determining defendant not in custody while he sat in victim room and could watch television
improper closing argument remarks in a few lines in a trial transcript over 1300 pages did not establish prejudice to fair trial rights
defendant has \ 'burden of proving purposeful discrimination' \ [quoting Batson , 476 U.S. at 98 , 106 S.Ct. 1712 ]
great deference is given to the trial judge under the third step because the findings turn upon evaluation of the prosecutors credibility
court instructed \'the defendant is not criminally responsible for his acts if 17 because of mental disease or defect the defendant lacked the necessary element of intent to kill'\

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