Legal Opinion

In Re the Welfare of Lewis

Washington Supreme Court

Decided October 6, 1977No. 44905Published

1Opinion of the Court

89 Wn.2d 113 (1977)

569 P.2d 1158

In the Matter of the Welfare of JOHN HAROLD LEWIS.

No. 44905.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 6, 1977.

McGillin & Guykema, by Kathryn Guykema, for petitioner.

Don Herron, Prosecuting Attorney, and Donald G. Meath, Deputy, for respondent.

2Per curiam

This is a companion case to In re Lewis, 88 Wn.2d 556, 564 P.2d 328 (1977). There we held that an indigent minor charged with committing a crime has the constitutional right to appointed counsel and expenditure of public funds for the purpose of appellate review of an order of the juvenile court transferring his…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

3Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Harbert v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1975
  3. State v. WilliamsWashington Supreme Court · 1969
  4. In Re the Welfare of LewisWashington Supreme Court · 1977
  5. In Re the Welfare of LewisWashington Supreme Court · 1977

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