State v. Thomas

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 115,990 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ROBBIE A. THOMAS, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. To convict the defendant of aggravated battery under K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 21- 5413(b)(1)(A), the State must prove that a defendant acted while knowing that some type of great bodily harm or disfigurement of another person was a reasonably certain result. 2. A prosecutor has wide latitude in crafting arguments and drawing reasonable inferences from the evidence but may not comment on facts outside the evidence. Any argument must accurately reflect the…