Legal Opinion

In re D.A.

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Decided November 26, 2008No. 99,727PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McAnany, J.:

Two 12-year-old boys, D.A. and N.A., were ad*880judicated juvenile offenders for breaking into and vandalizing a church in Perry. D.A. appeals his adjudication, claiming the evidence against him was insufficient; his lawyer was ineffective; his due process rights were violated; the court lacked jurisdiction because he was developmentally delayed and had not yet reached the maturity of the threshold age for jurisdiction over a child under the Revised Kansas Juvenile Justice Code (Juvenile Code); and, finally, he lacked the mental maturity to form the intent necessary for adjudication…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. In re K.M.H.Supreme Court of Kansas · 2007

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2021
  2. State v. SiegCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2021
  3. State v. TerrellCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2021
  4. State v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2011

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