State v. Sanchez

¶1 When a juvenile sex offender is returned to the community, Washington law requires local authorities to determine the risk posed by the juvenile and to notify the community accordingly. Petitioner Josh Sanchez, a juvenile sex offender, argues that the legislature shifted risk determination from local law enforcement to a state committee within the Department of Corrections (DOC). For this reason, he argues that the superior court should not release his offender information to the King County Sheriff’s Office. However, Sanchez misreads the statute: while the legislature did grant new…