State v. Mora

— Pursuant to RCW 13.04.030(l)(e)(v) of the Basic Juvenile Court Act, juveniles are automatically subject to the jurisdiction of the adult division of superior court when charged with certain enumerated offenses. Petitioner, Reyes Mora, 17 years old, was charged with an offense which subjected him to the statute’s automatic decline provisions. However, the State amended its charge and Mora was tried in the adult division of superior court on two offenses which would have otherwise brought him under the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Mora challenged adult court…