State v. Bliss

Nos. 120,134 120,252 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant/Cross-appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER M. BLISS, Appellee/Cross-appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. When a person has been charged in the alternative, he or she may be convicted and sentenced on only one of the alternative offenses. 2. A district court deciding whether to consolidate multiple cases for trial may take into consideration any evidentiary complications that might arise from the consolidation. But the fact that consolidating cases might render the admission of some evidence more difficult, or…