Legal Opinion

State v. Spear

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 5, 2013No. 104,206PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.;

A jury convicted Edward Spear, III, of six counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and acquitted him of four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child in violation of K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(A). On appeal, he attacks his convictions on several grounds, arguing: (1) The trial court erred in admitting evidence of Spear s prior acts of sexual misconduct for the purpose of proving intent and absence of mistake or accident; (2) in the alternative, the State failed to present sufficient evidence to support four of his six…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. State v. WardSupreme Court of Kansas · 2011
  2. People v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  3. State v. SchoonoverSupreme Court of Kansas · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  5. State v. McCaslinSupreme Court of Kansas · 2011

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. BowenSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  2. State v. DernSupreme Court of Kansas · 2015
  3. State v. BoysawSupreme Court of Kansas · 2019
  4. State v. ReedSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  5. State v. OrtegaSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014

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