State v. Raskie, 269 P.3d 1268

Raskie was convicted of two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and sentenced under Jessica's Law to a hard 25 life term with a 61-month consecutive sentence.
The victim, C.R., was 15 at trial; abuse reportedly began when she was around 10.
Evidence included photographs, vibrators, lingerie, corsets, and a video camera found in Raskie's home, claimed to show grooming behavior not tied to specific charged incidents.
Police monitored Raskie's Myspace communications and recovered other materials (photos, gifts) related to alleged grooming.
Raskie challenged multiple evidentiary and sentencing issues, including the admissibility of grooming items, prosecutorial conduct, Myspace evidence, sufficiency of the evidence, a jury instruction, and the constitutionality of the sentence.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Admissibility of grooming items	Raskie contends grooming items were inadmissible as unrelated to charged acts	Raskie argues grooming items were probative of predatory intent	Evidence admitted was harmless error or no reversible error; majority upheld admission finding no prejudicial impact
Prosecutorial misconduct in closing on grooming	Prosecutor improperly asserted grooming theory without expert support	Prosecutor's remarks were within closing and stemmed from admitted evidence	Misstated law but not reversible misconduct; not sufficient to warrant reversal
Sufficiency of the evidence for judgment of acquittal	State presented sufficient evidence despite lack of physical corroboration	Credibility and lack of physical evidence undermine the case	Sufficient evidence supported the convictions beyond a reasonable doubt
Instruction No. 5 (PIK Crim.3d 51.10) burden shifting	Instruction correctly stated that the jury should not determine sentence	Instruction improperly shifted burden to defense	No error; instruction properly stated law when read with others; no burden shift
Cruel and unusual punishment (hard 25 life sentence)	Sentence may be unconstitutional under Kansas and US constitutions	Legislature mandated the sentence for Jessica's Law offenses; issue preserved but inadequately analyzed	Hard 25 sentence vacated and remanded for proper Freeman-factor findings and resentencing

State v. Inkelaar, 293 Kan. 414, 264 P.3d 81 (2011) (prosecutorial misconduct framework; three-part analysis)
State v. Adams, 292 Kan. 60, 253 P.3d 5 (2011) (prosecutorial misconduct standard; preserved review)
State v. Tosh, 278 Kan. 83, 91 P.3d 1204 (2004) (closing argument limits and reflection of evidence and law)