Tag: 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 …