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State v. Searles

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided May 25, 1990No. 63,196PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

The defendant, Jimmy Jack Searles, appeals from his convictions of felony murder, K.S.A. 21-3401, and attempted rape, K.S.A. 21-3301; K.S.A. 21-3502.

The issues for our review are whether(1) the trial court improperly allowed the State to comment on Searles’ exercise of his privilege against self-incrimination;(2) the trial court erred in allowing the prosecution to introduce K.S.A. 60-455 evidence arising from two prior crimes charged against Searles, one of which resulted in an acquittal and the other in a mistrial with no retrial;(3) the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Dowling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Greer v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. State v. BlySupreme Court of Kansas · 1974

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. AikinsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1997
  2. State v. GarciaSupreme Court of Kansas · 2007
  3. State v. RichardSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  4. State v. LaneSupreme Court of Kansas · 1997
  5. State v. HiggenbothamSupreme Court of Kansas · 2001

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