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← 252 Kan. 86 - State v. Clements

State v. Clements’s Empirical Analysis

1992

Citation profile

36
cited by 36 later decisions
1
states following
November 2010
most recently cited

2 district · 34 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently November 2010 · most notably State v. Peckham (1994), State v. Johnson (1994)

2 district · 34 state decisions

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Relationships

Relies on State v. Hall · State v. Nunn · State v. Clements · State v. Graham · State v. Jordan

Most-quoted passages

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  1. ““We have consistently stated that appellate review of the admission of prior crimes evidence is ‘limited to whether the trial court abused its discretion or whether the trial court admitted clearly irrelevant evidence.’ State v. Blackmore, 249 Kan. at 671 . “The trial judge reasoned that State v. Damewood, 245 Kan. 676 , 783 P.2d 1249 (1989), controlled the case at bar. “. . . Damewood’s criminal activities followed a pattern of becoming acquainted with the 14-year-old and eventually asking him to assist in Damewood’s beekeeping operation. On each occasion Damewood arranged to pick up the 14-year-old under the guise of assisting in the beekeeping activity. Each time, Damewood drove the boy to a secluded area and forced the boy to engage in the sexual activities. Damewood, 245 Kan. at 678-79 . “Following K.S.A. 60-455, the trial court in Damewood permitted testimony by another boy regarding a previous similar encounter with Damewood. 245 Kan. at 679-80 . “Clements argues that because he denied committing the crimes, ‘intent is proved by proving the crimes’; thus, prior crimes evidence has no probative value. He also reasons that prior crimes evidence ‘is relevant to show plan only when that evidence demonstrates a preexisting design or scheme. . . . It is the existence of a structured design, not common features, which determines admissibility.’ “In Damewood , we dealt with arguments similar to those Clements raises here. See 245 Kan. at 681-82 . “Clements attempts to discount”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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