State v. Golden

Superior courts of this state have general jurisdiction to decide any justiciable controversy so long as jurisdiction is not vested in another court. Wash. Const, art. IV, § 6; RCW 2.08.010. Here, George Golden collaterally attacked his juvenile disposition, eight and one-half years after the fact, in superior court. The primary question presented here is whether the superior court had jurisdiction to grant collateral relief. We conclude that it did and affirm the exercise of jurisdiction by the superior court.

FACTS

George Golden was 10 years old in 1992 when he pleaded guilty in juvenile…