IN INTEREST OF DOE

No. 17277.

881 P.2d 533 (1994)

77 Hawai`i 46

In the Interest of Jane DOE, Born on May 26, 1979, Juvenile-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

October 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd W. Eddins, Deputy Public Defender, Honolulu, for juvenile-appellant.

Loretta A. Matsunaga, Deputy Prosecuting Atty., City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, for appellee.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


RAMIL, Justice.

This appeal involves a thirteen-year old girl (Doe) who admitted in the Family Court of the First Circuit to eight petitions of running away, one petition of truancy and one petition of assault in the third degree.1 Before admitting to the petitions against her, Doe waived her right to counsel. After her admissions, the family court placed Doe on probation.

Doe later attempted to withdraw her admission to the petition...

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