State v. P.B.T.

P.B.T, a juvenile at the time of trial, appeals his exceptional sentence for second degree sexual molestation. Because we find that the trial court erred in refusing to allow the appellant to have his counsel present at his predisposition interview, we reverse the judgment and remand for a new predisposition interview and resentencing.

Facts

On August 11, 1990, while on his way to Camp Hoban, a Boy Scout camp located in Belfair, Mason County, the car in which the appellant was riding broke down. Also in the car was W.H., aged 12 or 13.1 After the car broke down, the *294appellant asked W.H. to show…