State v. Boatwright

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 125,851 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JAMES D. BOATWRIGHT, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. An accomplice instruction is not an absolute necessity when the jury receives a general credibility instruction and any juror of average intelligence would have heard the accomplice's testimony and an accompanying thorough and detailed cross-examination and realized that credibility was at issue. 2. In assessing whether prosecutorial error occurred, appellate courts do not consider a statement in isolation but look to the context in which the disputed…