State v. Johnson

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 116,453 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. RYAN ROBERT JOHNSON, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. If a criminal defendant challenges sufficiency of the evidence on appeal in a case in which a district court instructed a jury on alternative means of committing a crime, the State must establish that it presented sufficient evidence of both alternatives. 2. When a criminal defendant challenges the sufficiency of evidence on appeal, an appellate court reviews the evidence in a light most favorable to the State to determine whether a rational…