State v. Arreola

No. 124,612 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DANIEL A. ARREOLA, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. When the State charges a person with a crime that can be committed in more than one way, it may present evidence of alternative means of committing that offense. A district court presents an alternative-means crime to a jury when its instructions incorporate multiple means for a single statutory element of an offense. 2. Kansas courts no longer distinguish between alternative means for committing an offense and options within a means of committing a…