State v. Boggs

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Davis, J.:

This is a criminal case involving the nonexclusive possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Over the defendant’s objection, the district court admitted evidence of the defendant’s prior crime of possession of marijuana. The Court of Appeals held the admission of that evidence violated K.S.A. 60-455, reversed the defendant’s convictions, and remanded the case with directions for a new trial. State v. Boggs, 38 Kan. App. 2d 683, 170 P.3d 912 (2007). We agree and affirm the Court of Appeals’ reversal of the district court and Boggs’…