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Correcting Clear Error: Kansas Supreme Court Says That Unpreserved Jury-Instruction Issues Can No Longer Dodge the Plain Text of K.S.A. § 22-3414(3)

State v. Waldschmidt, No. 123,631 (Kan. Apr. 12, 2024). Author: Naomi Franklin, Staff Editor Issue: Can an unpreserved jury-instruction issue that is not clearly erroneous dodge Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-3414(3) and become part of cumulative-error analysis? Answer: No. …