State v. Weese

Thompson, J.*

David Weese and Daniel Walker appeal from the portions of their sentences which require the court to notify the Department of Licensing that they have been convicted of being minors in possession of intoxicating liquor, upon which notification their driving privileges will be revoked without a hearing. They contend that the notification and revocation statutes violate equal protection because they apply only to juveniles ages 13 to 17. We disagree and affirm the constitutionality of the statutes.

Weese, age 15, and Walker, age 16, were charged with being minors in possession of…