State v. Jones

The majority correctly concludes Defendant Antonio Jones has advanced no grounds requiring reversal of his conviction, and I join in that result. I address two points: the interpretation of K.S.A. 21-3749, proscribing “dealing in pirated recordings”; and the prosecutor s examination of Sergeant Gallagher injecting the issue of “domestic violence” into this case. I would construe the statute somewhat differently than the majority does. And the majority, in my view, glosses over the seriousness of the prosecutor’s misconduct.

Piracy Statute

The majority interprets K.S.A. 21-3749 to include an…