Opinion ID: 1288420
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Heading: admission of the written statement prepared by the victim regarding an earlier aggravated battery

Text: The defendant contends that the court erred in admitting a written statement prepared by Jackson, at the suggestion of Jones, regarding the earlier aggravated battery. He argues that the statement was inadmissible hearsay. The defendant did not object to the admission of the written statement. He did object prior to trial but did not renew the motion at the time the statement was offered into evidence. When a pretrial motion to suppress is denied, the defendant must make a timely objection at trial to the introduction of the evidence, specifying the ground for the objection in order to preserve the issue for appeal. State v. Toney, 253 Kan. 651, 656, 862 P.2d 350 (1993). In any event, the statement was admissible. The State sought to introduce the evidence of the prior aggravated battery to show discord rather than to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Evidence of a discordant marital relationship and a wife's fear of her husband's temper is competent as bearing on the defendant's motive and intent. State v. Taylor, 234 Kan. 401, 408, 673 P.2d 1140 (1983). This rule is equally applicable to a live-in relationship. State v. Young, 253 Kan. 28, 37, 852 P.2d 510 (1993). In the defendant's case, the evidence was admissible to show that he was distraught over the breakup and this had a bearing on his intent to kill Jackson.