STATE v. VILLANUEVA, JR.

No. 85,260.

29 Kan. App.2d 1056 (2001)

35 P.3d 936

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JESSE JOSEPH VILLANUEVA, JR., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Maharry, assistant appellate defender, and Jessica R. Kunen, chief appellate defender, for appellant.

James L. Spies, assistant district attorney, Nick A. Tomasic, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.

Before GERNON, P.J., KNUDSON and BEIER, JJ.


KNUDSON, J.:

Jesse Joseph Villanueva, Jr. appeals his conviction for the rape of S.M., contending the trial court erred in admitting opinion testimony of a social worker, failing to give a multiple acts instruction, and permitting prosecutorial misconduct that was prejudicial.

We affirm. The errors committed during Villanueva's trial are harmless and did not impair his right to a fair trial.

S.M. and...

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