State v. Marks
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted for the first-degree premeditated murder of his wife. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, holding (1) the prosecutor misstated the law on premeditation during closing arguments, but the error was harmless; (2) the district court did not err when it denied Defendant's motion in limine to exclude evidence that his wife filed for divorce in the weeks prior to her murder; (3) Defendant was entitled to copies of certain discovery under Kan. Stat. Ann. 22-3212 and Kan. Stat. Ann. 22-3213, and the district court erred to the extent it held that section 22-3212 and section 22-3213 do not authorize a defendant to have personal copies of discovery and witness statements, but the error was harmless; and (4) there was no cumulative error in this case necessitating reversal.
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