State v. Becker

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 118,235 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ANTHONY RAYMOND BECKER, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. In determining whether a particular statement falls outside of the wide latitude given to prosecutors, the court considers the context in which the statement was made, rather than analyzing the statement in isolation. 2. Even if a requested lesser included offense instruction would have been both factually and legally appropriate, a district court's failure to give such instruction may still be harmless if the court is convinced there was no…