State v. Mollichi

In this case, we must decide if the $300 restitution order entered against defendant Geoffray Mol-lichi is valid even though it was not entered at Mollichi’s disposition hearing, as prescribed in Washington’s Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. We also must determine if Molli-chi could waive the Act’s requirement for a disposition hearing. We hold that a restitution order not timely entered at a disposition hearing as set forth in RCW 13.40.150(3)0) and RCW 13.40.130(8)/JuCR 7.12(a) is invalid unless the juvenile waives the statutory requirements. The State here did not meet the Act’s requirements…