Court Opinion

ID: 9546364
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:28:27.346722+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:16:21.688554
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Six, J.,
concurring: I concur in the result but view the discussion of res gestae in Syllabus ¶ 7 and the corresponding portion of the opinion as unnecessary. I agree with the attempt in Syllabus ¶ 8 to rein in our application of res gestae. Lynette’s prior statements of abuse were not admissible as part of the res gestae but, as the majority observes, as evidence of a discordant relationship bearing on motive and intent. Although Clark abandoned his hearsay ob*480jection on appeal, the statements were admissible under K.S.A. 60-460(d)(3).
I would return res gestae hearsay evidence analysis to the approach intended by the legislature’s codification at K.S.A. 60-460. See State v. Sanders, 258 Kan. 409, 423, 904 P.2d 951 (1995) (Six, J., concurring); State v. Jones, 204 Kan. 719, 728-29, 466 P.2d 283 (1970); 1 Gard’s Kansas C. Civ. Proc. 2d Annot. § 60-460(d) (1979); Prater and Klemme, Res Gestae Raises Its Ugly Head, 65 J.K.B.A. 24 (Oct. 1996).