Melton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““K.S.A. 38-1636 permits a juvenile to be prosecuted as an adult under certain circumstances. Interestingly, K.S.A. 38-1636(i) states that if a juvenile is prosecuted as an adult under subsections (f)(1) or (f)(2) but is convicted of a lesser included offense, the juvenile shall be a juvenile offender and sentenced pursuant to the juvenile code. “Instead, Melton was charged with second-degree murder pursuant to an amended petition, which relates hack to the original petition. K.S.A. 60-215(c). Accordingly, second-degree murder is the only crime for which Melton was charged. There is no lesser included offense and K.S.A. 38-1636(i) simply is inapplicable.” (Emphasis added.) 25 Kan. App. 2d at 642 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Perez