State v. Brown

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 128,178 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. RICO JERMAINE BROWN JR., Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. When considering a challenge to a district court's ruling on a motion for mistrial pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3423(1)(c), an appellate court considers the record as a whole and reviews the district court's determinations of (1) whether prejudicial conduct occurred, and (2) whether curative measures mitigated the prejudice—i.e., rendered it harmless— for abuse of discretion. 2. Judicial discretion is abused if the court's action is arbitrary, fanciful,…