In re J.M.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brazil, J.:

The Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority (JJA) appeals the district court’s decision adjudicating J.M. as a chronic offender II pursuant to K.S.A. 38-16,129 and committing him to a juvenile correctional facility.

J.M. pled no contest to one count of burglary and one count of felony theft on December 28, 2000. The district court adjudicated J.M a juvenile offender and sentenced him to 1 year of probation. On April 24, 2001, the State filed a motion to modify J.M.’s sentence, alleging he ran away from his assigned home a number of *551times. During…