Legal Opinion

State v. Trotter

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided February 3, 2006No. 91,251PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Christopher M. Trotter appeals his convictions for first-degree premeditated murder, capital murder, aggravated robbery, and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. Trotter argues that (1) the trial court should have given an instruction regarding eyewitness identification; (£) the trial court erroneously admitted evidence that a victim was pregnant; (3) he was denied a fair trial because the State used nine peremptory strikes to eliminate 9 of the 10 African-Americans from the jury; and (4) the evidence was not sufficient to support his…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Miller-El v. DretkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  5. State v. KleypasSupreme Court of Kansas · 2001

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. State v. TrotterSupreme Court of Kansas · 2013
  2. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Kansas · 2007
  3. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Kansas · 2007
  4. State v. InkelaarSupreme Court of Kansas · 2011
  5. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014

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