State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Fitch

Youth was taken into custody for hindering prosecution after he interfered with police efforts to apprehend a 15-year-old friend who was wanted for escape in the second degree. Youth was then searched and found to be in possession of drugs. Youth argues that, because the friend that he aided was a juvenile, not an adult, he could not be taken into custody for or found within the juvenile court’s jurisdiction on the allegation of hindering prosecution, which requires proof that the person whose prosecution was hindered committed a “crime” punishable as a felony. See ORS 162.325. Youth reasons…