Interest of Stephenson v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

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…