In Re the Welfare of Shope

Richard Lee Shope, born August 16, 1961, appeals a juvenile court determination of delinquency entered upon a finding that he was guilty of indecent liberties in violation of RCW 9A.88.100(l)(b). 1 It is undisputed that he had oral intercourse with his 12-year-old cousin on February 10, 1978. The fact finding hearing was held to determine the circumstances of that incident.

Error is assigned to the court's refusal to hear testimony of two defense witnesses who allegedly would have refuted the victim's testimony that he had never been involved in street hustling or appeared in public while…