State v. Kahler

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 106,981 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JAMES K. KAHLER, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Under the first step of the two-part test for prosecutorial error set forth in State v. Sherman, 305 Kan. 88,

378 P.3d 1060

(2016), an appellate court analyzes whether the prosecutor's statements fall outside the wide latitude afforded prosecutors to conduct the State's case and attempt to obtain a conviction in a manner that does not offend the defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial. 2. It is within a prosecutor's permissible latitude to object…