(Download) "In re Stephenson & Hudson" by Supreme Court of Kansas # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In re Stephenson & Hudson
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 08, 1969
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an appeal from judgments of the district court of
Shawnee County in proceedings under K.S.A. 1965 (now 1967) Supp.
38-808 (b) finding that the appellants, then under 18 years of
age, were not fit and proper subjects to be dealt with under the
Kansas Juvenile Code and directing their prosecution as adults
under applicable criminal statutes. William McKinley Stephenson and Leroy Hudson, Jr. were
separately charged in the Juvenile Court of Shawnee County,
Kansas with committing acts of delinquency on April 28, 1967, by
allegedly committing the acts of rape, assault and theft. Each of
the juveniles was 17 years of age on the date of the alleged
crimes. On application of the county attorney, the judge of the
juvenile court appointed a guardian ad litem for each of the
two juveniles, held hearings, made findings in line with the
language of the statute and entered orders in each case waiving
jurisdiction and directing the county attorney to commence
prosecutions under the applicable criminal statutes.