Findlay v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

Jeffrey L. Findlay appeals his juvenile offender adjudication under the Kansas Juvenile Offenders Code (K.S.A. 1983 Supp. 38-1601 et seq.).

For his first issue, appellant contends the district court erred in refusing to grant him a jury trial as a matter of constitutional right.

In support of his contentions herein appellant relies heavily on McKeiver v. Pennsylvania, 403 U.S. 528, 29 L.Ed.2d 647, 91 S.Ct. 1976 (1971). In McKeiver the United States Supreme Court held juveniles had no federal constitutional right, pursuant to the Sixth and…