In re S.M.D.

Gernon, J.:

S.M.D. appeals from his adjudication as a juvenile offender on the charge of aggravated criminal sodomy and from the court’s ruling that the proceeding should be an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution.

In April 1998, a juvenile complaint was filed against S.M.D. in McPherson County, alleging that “[o]n or about the 7th day of February, 1998,” he caused the victim, then under the age of 14, to engage in sodomy contrary to K.S.A. 21-3506. At the time he was so charged, S.M.D. was 17 years old. The incident allegedly occurred in Inman, Kansas.

Several months later, the State…