State v. Blevins

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 121,516 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JONATHAN D. BLEVINS, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A claim of judicial comment error is reviewable on appeal despite the lack of a contemporaneous objection at trial. 2. A district court does not err by accurately informing potential jurors that the death penalty is not at issue in a given case in response to a potential juror's stated moral concerns regarding the death penalty. 3. Prosecutors are entitled to wide latitude to draw reasonable inferences from the evidence in closing arguments. A…