State v. Prine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

This appeal returns to this court after retrial. In 2009, we reversed defendant John Prine’s 2004 convictions for rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, and aggravated indecent liberties because tire district judge had erred by admitting evidence of Prine’s sexual abuse of two victims other than the one making the allegations underlying this case. State v. Prine, 287 Kan. 713, 200 P.3d 1 (2009) (“Prine I”). The legislature responded to our decision by amending K.S.A. 60-455, see L. 2009, ch. 103, sec. 12. The district judge ostensibly applied the…