State v. Allen

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 121,916 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JANET M. ALLEN, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. In general, an appellate court will not address an issue raised for the first time on appeal, although there are limited exceptions to that rule. 2. It is not enough for a party simply to assert the existence of an exception to the general rule that an appellate court will not address an issue raised for the first time on appeal. For the court to invoke an exception, the unpreserved issue must also be amenable to resolution on appeal. Even then, the court…