STATE v. DECKER

No. 98,226.

202 P.3d 669 (2009)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Jay D. DECKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

March 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kari Nelson, of Law Office of Kari Nelson, of Lawrence, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Mark A. Simpson, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and Brenda J. Clary, assistant district attorney, Charles E. Branson, district attorney, and Stephen N. Six, attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by JOHNSON, J.:

Jay D. Decker appeals his jury trial conviction for felony murder. He claims the trial court erred by: Admitting autopsy and postmortem photographs; allowing testimony of a prior crime or civil wrong; limiting his re-direct examination of a witness; and failing to give his requested cautionary jury instruction on accomplice testimony. Further, Decker complains that the prosecutor's misstatement of law in closing...

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