Tag: jury instructions
Updated on September 25, 2023
The Perfect Chance to Re-Formulate an Imperfect Instruction
Karlie Ruder, Staff Editor
The Tenth Circuit clarifies when district courts must formulate and offer imperfect self-defense jury instructions.
Posted on September 15, 2022
PIK Your Poison: Can the District Court Change Statutory PIK Instructions?
Brooke Flucke, Staff Editor
Kansas Supreme Court reverses Kansas Court of Appeals holding Pattern Jury Instructions may be amended even if they track the statutory language.
Updated on August 25, 2021
Statutory Differences Not Mere Semantics in Jury Instructions
Author: Lexi Christopher, Staff Editor State v. Jones, No. 119,764, (Kan. August 6, 2021) Issue: Jones was convicted of four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5510. Were the jury instructions clearly …