STATE v. PRUITT

No. 118,448.

453 P.3d 313 (2019)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Howard R. PRUITT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Maharry , of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.

Cheryl M. Pierce , assistant county attorney, argued the cause, and Derek Schmidt , attorney general, was with her on the brief for appellee.


This direct appeal by defendant Howard Pruitt raises five challenges to his first-degree premeditated murder conviction for the shotgun killing of Phillip Little.

Pruitt asserts that the prosecutor committed error during closing argument, that the district judge should have instructed...

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