State v. Hendrix

—Candice Hendrix, a juvenile, appeals a decision that she was guilty of second degree escape. She claims there was insufficient evidence to show that she escaped from a “detention facility,” a requirement of the second degree escape statute. We agree.

Because the State has failed to fulfill its burden to show that Hendrix was either “arrested for, charged with or convicted of an offense,” or that she was “charged with being or adjudicated to be a juvenile offender,” as defined by RCW 9A.76.010, we reverse. She properly concedes that she violated the third degree escape statute. Accordingly, we…