Opinion ID: 2460096
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Characterization as Factual

Text: Even though the order at issue in this appeal was entered before trial, Roberts dismisses the jeopardy aspect and focuses on whether the district court's order resolved factual elements. Specifically, Roberts asserts that the Court of Appeals improperly characterized the district court's order as resolving only an issue of law, rather than factual issues. Related to this argument, through a notice of additional authority pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 6.09(b) (2010 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 48), Roberts points us to another Court of Appeals' decision, City of Wichita v. Bannon, 42 Kan.App.2d 196, 209 P.3d 207 (2009), pet. for rev. filed July 20, 2009 (pending), in which he thinks the Court of Appeals made a similar mischaracterization. We need not sort through this argument, however, because, regardless of whether the district court resolved some or all of the factual elements of the offense, jeopardy had not attached. Roberts' case had been set for jury trial, but the motion was granted before the trial date. We see no indication in the record on appeal that Roberts had waived his right to a jury trial and, at the time of the motion hearing, the district court did not have jurisdiction to do more than grant or deny the motion to dismiss.