State v. Hartpence

Pierron, J.:

Daniel L. Hartpence, a juvenile, was prosecuted as an adult on charges of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy. Hartpence entered Alford pleas to two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, severity level 3 person felonies, in violation of K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(A). See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 27 L. Ed. 2d 162, 91 S. Ct. 160 (1970). Hartpence argues on appeal that the magistrate judge erred in ruling he should be prosecuted as an adult, that the district court had jurisdiction to consider an appeal of the magistrate’s decision, that prosecuting him as an…