State v. Perez

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

These two consolidated cases concern adult prosecution and sentencing of a juvenile. Antonio Perez, Jr., a 14-year-old, was prosecuted and sentenced as an adult. Perez was charged with rape, K.S.A. 21-3502(a)(1)(C), and bargained for a plea to the reduced charge of attempted rape, K.S.A. 21-3301(a). We granted Perez’ petition for review from the denial of a K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 60-1501 habeas corpus petition in the Cdurt of Appeals.

In a separate appeal (No. 80,352), Perez raised the validity of his authorization as an adult by challenging the…