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STATE v. ROCHELLE

Nos. 101,341, 106,681.

298 P.3d 293 (2013)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee/Cross-appellant, v. Samuel Joseph ROCHELLE, II, Appellant/Cross-appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

April 12, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Hodgkinson , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause, and Meryl Carver-Allmond , of the same office, was on the briefs for appellant/cross-appellee.

Amy E. Taylor , assistant county attorney, argued the cause, and Christina Trocheck , assistant county attorney, Ellen Mitchell , county attorney, and Steve Six , attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee/cross-appellant.

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

In this direct appeal we consider what findings, if any, a district court must make before permitting — or declining to permit — a comfort or support person to accompany a child victim witness on the stand at trial. Samuel Rochelle contends the district court erred when it allowed a 6-year-old child to testify against him with her school counselor sitting next to her without the court first making...

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