State v. Dale

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Moritz, J.:

The Court of Appeals affirmed Willie J. Dale’s jury convictions of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, and three counts of aggravated assault. State v. Dale, 2009 WL 1591400 (Kan. App. 2009) (unpublished opinion). We granted Dale’s petition for review on the single issue of whether the district court erred in admitting a slow motion version of a patrol-car video. Dale argues the video violated the best evidence rule and was cumulative. We conclude that because the best evidence, i.e., the original video, already had been…