BRIDGEWATER, J.
Dynamite Salavea appeals his adult convictions for first degree child rape and first degree child molestation. He complains that the State deprived him of due process and the benefits of juvenile court jurisdiction by not charging him until he reached 18. Although Salavea was 15 when he committed his crimes, the investigation did not conclude before he turned 16; thus, the automatic decline statute, RCW 13.04.030, was in effect. The earliest that the...
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