State v. Peters

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 126,016 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. DEIZMOND C. PETERS, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Where no argument or evidence is offered to show the prosecutor's reason for exercising the peremptory strikes were pretext for discrimination, a defendant fails to meet his or her burden under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S. Ct. 1712,

90 L. Ed. 2d 69

(1986). 2. Application of the invited error doctrine in the context of jury instructions turns on whether the instruction would have been given—or omitted—but for an affirmative request to the court…