State v. Barker

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 128,652 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. BILLY SHANE BARKER, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The invited error doctrine precludes a party from asking a district court to rule in a given way and then challenging that ruling on appeal. The doctrine's application turns on whether the record reflects the party's action in fact induced the court to make the claimed error. In the jury instruction context, the party must have affirmatively asked to omit an instruction or affirmatively rejected the court's offer to give it. Merely failing to request an…