Legal Opinion

In Re the Welfare of Hernandez

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided March 29, 1976No. 4167-1PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAndersen, J.

Facts of Case

This case is before us on certiorari to review an order of the juvenile court for Skagit County. By its order, the juvenile court declined jurisdiction of the minor petitioner and ordered him remanded to the Superior Court for trial and disposition as an adult.

The evidence at the decline or transfer hearing was basically uncontroverted in the following respects.

The minor (hereinafter the “petitioner”) then aged 16½, along with an adult male friend aged 21 or 22, picked up a young woman hitchhiker in Mount Vernon in the early morning hours of September 6, 1975. While driving along…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Harbert v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1975
  4. In RE DILLENBURG v. MaxwellWashington Supreme Court · 1966
  5. State v. PicheWashington Supreme Court · 1968

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. FurmanWashington Supreme Court · 1993
  2. People in Interest of LVASouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1976
  3. State v. ToomeyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1984
  4. State v. HollandCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1981
  5. In Re the Welfare of LewisWashington Supreme Court · 1977

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