LAU, J.
¶ 1 This appeal involves the question of whether the deferred disposition statute, RCW 13.40.127, authorizes the juvenile court to order postconviction deferred disposition on its own initiative and without following statutory procedures. Because a juvenile court lacks both inherent authority and express statutory authority, on its own initiative, to defer disposition and because it failed to comply with the statute's mandatory procedures, the juvenile...
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