State v. Douglas

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 122,895 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. MONDALE LE'ON DOUGLAS, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The doctrine of invited error precludes a party from asking a district court to rule in a given way and then challenging that ruling on appeal. The doctrine's application turns on whether the record reflects the party's action in fact induced the court to make the claimed error. 2. An appellate court reviews an instructional error claim in multiple steps. First, the court decides whether the issue was properly preserved below. Second, it considers…