Abstract

In re L.M. No. 96,197 (2008) involved a 16-year-old boy, L.M., who was charged in Kansas as a juvenile offender with aggravated sexual battery and minor in possession of alcohol. L.M. requested a jury trial, but the district court denied it. He was found guilty after a bench trial and appealed, arguing he had a right to a jury trial. The Kansas Supreme Court considered the appeal on this sole issue.