In discussing these elements, Morrison said, Finally, concealment, the barrels hidden away or isolated. Also, the fact that Juror 39 was exposed to media coverage before the trial, not during it, is significant. The coroner testified both were killed by blunt-force trauma to the head. Around 3:30 p.m., a hotel security camera captured Robinson checking out of Trouten's room. However, Judge McClain made this comment while disclosing his previous investigation and prosecution of Robinson in a financial crimes case. In State v. Beaman, 295 Kan. 853, 286 P.3d 876 (2012), defendant sought a sentencing continuance to research an Eighth Amendment argument under Jessica's Law that might have applied at sentencing. We disagree. Robinson points to nothing in the record evidencing such confusion among Robinson's jurors. 6, 234 P.3d 761, cert. In particular, he argues the capital murder elements instructions were deficient in failing to define common scheme or course of conduct. Similarly, he contends the lack of such a definition rendered those terms unconstitutionally vague. 2. Robinson advances four challenges to the penalty phase instructions given to the jury. Harris does not require a short time span or a common motive to establish a common scheme or course of conduct. In December 1993, Robinson, posing as Jim or James Turner, applied for a mailbox under Bonner's name at The Mail Room in Olathe. Robinson relies on Sincavage v. Superior Court, 42 Cal.App. Based on the totality of these circumstances, LPD officers seized Robinson's trash beyond the curtilage of his residence. The child fell ill and died, and Robinsons mother blamed him for the death. She stayed with him after his theft conviction in Missouri and when he went back to prison after his probation was revoked. The prosecutor repeated this explanation at the outset of closing argument. The Ninth Circuit found the district court erred in denying defendant's motion for mistrial because the prosecution's theory was dependent on the victim's testimony and Bodkin essentially vouched for this witness' credibility based on her knowledge, training, and expertise. Cf. He says, gosh, you know, you got you need to, let me live because I'm going to be peaceful in prison, although I haven't demonstrated that.. Phil Gibson, an investigator for the defense team, testified that it would take substantial time to complete witness interviews because of the State's massive endorsed witness list, which included roughly 600 witnesses, 79 of whom had been endorsed after the February 2001 preliminary hearing.