State v. Brandt

Armstrong, A.C.J.

After his 18th birthday, Steven Brandt was convicted in superior court of first degree child molestation. When Brandt was seventeen years old, he told a counselor about previous sexual contact with his seven-year-old cousin. Although the Port Angeles police had the first name, address, and phone number of the victim before Brandt’s eighteenth birthday, the State did not charge him until the victim came forward 23 months later. By that time, Brandt had turned eighteen. Brandt moved to dismiss the charge, arguing that the delay in prosecuting his case violated his due process…