The Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled that Juvenile's cannot be dually charged with a violation of the State's Romeo & Juliette law. If you want to read the briefs go to the blog for this case by clicking HERE!
If you want to read the opinion click HERE!
If you are an attorney and you have a client with a PERSON FELONY because of Romeo & Juliette violation you might want to go back and check the birth dates of the parties. You could potentially get rid of the conviction and DRASTICALLY change the sentencing outcome in your case.
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I have my first felony case, a Romeo and Juliet case in Woodson County. What a great law (sarcasm noted).
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