State v. Minor

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C. Johnson, J.

This case involves a challenge to a first degree unlawful possession of a firearm juvenile court adjudication, where the predicate offense court failed to give oral and written notice of the prohibition on firearm possession as required by former RCW 9.41.047(1) (1996). We reverse the Court of Appeals and hold that by not providing the statutorily required notice by not checking the paragraphs on the preprinted order prohibiting possession of firearms, the predicate offense court violated statute and affirmatively misled petitioner Jacob L.T. Minor. We vacate Minor’s…