Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 15, 1991No. 57609-2PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAndersen, J.
Facts of Case
At issue is whether the State may seek superior court revision, i.e., review, of a nondispositive ruling made by a juvenile court commissioner. We hold that it may.
By information filed on June 7, 1988 in the juvenile division of the Superior Court for King County, the State charged Arthur D. Smith (hereafter referred to as the juvenile defendant), with robbery in the second degree. When the juvenile defendant failed to appear at a fact-finding hearing scheduled for October 4, 1988, the court ordered a warrant issued for his arrest. (The fact-finding hearing had been continued…
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