IN RE ESTES v. HOPP

No. 39841.

73 Wn.2d 263 (1968)

438 P.2d 205

In the Matter of the Welfare of SHIRLEY ANN ESTES, Petitioner, v. BLAINE HOPP, JR., Judge of the Superior Court for Yakima County, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Scott (of Smith, Scott & Hanson), for petitioner.

Lincoln E. Shropshire and Donald R. Shaw, for respondent.


NEILL, 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...

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