Legal Opinion
In RE ESTES v. Hopp
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 5, 1968No. 39841PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNeill, J.
We are urged to overrule our prior cases denying jury trials and bail in juvenile court proceedings and to invalidate the portion of RCW 13.04.030 which prohibits a jury trial in juvenile cases.
On June 26, 1967, petitioner herein, then 16 years old, was apprehended near the Canadian border by the police. At the time of her apprehension, she was in the company of her husband and her brother, who were both charged with unlawfully taking a vehicle without the owner’s permission. A delinquency petition was filed in juvenile court alleging that she had taken a vehicle without the owner’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- State v. BellWashington Supreme Court · 1962
- In Re LewisWashington Supreme Court · 1957
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3Cited by55 opinions
- McKeiver v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State v. WeberWashington Supreme Court · 2006
- State v. SchaafWashington Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. GleasonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- State v. LawleyWashington Supreme Court · 1979
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