State v. Sharon

Facts of Case

In this case, on the petition of the State, we granted discretionary review of a juvenile court order which denied the State's motion to dismiss for lack of juvenile court jurisdiction.

The juvenile court's findings of fact are not controverted. Those findings reflect that the juvenile offender, Allen W. Sharon, was declined on and transferred to adult court on a charge of second degree assault in May of 1981 pursuant to an order of the Lewis County Superior Court, Juvenile Division. Without knowledge of the prior Lewis County order, a King County deputy prosecuting attorney later…