STATE v. WATKINS

No. 94973-5.

423 P.3d 830 (2018)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Tyler William WATKINS,

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: August 16, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis Stearns , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Avenue, Suite 610, Seattle, WA 98101-3647, for Appellant.

Mary Kathleen Webber , Snohomish County Prosecutors Office, MSC 504, 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA 98201-4061, for Respondent.

Vanessa Torres Hernandez , ACLU of Washington, 901 5th Avenue, Suite 630, Seattle, WA 98164-2086, for Amicus Curiae ACLU.

Laurel Anne Jones Simonsen , Center For Children & Youth Justice, 615 2nd Avenue, Suite 275, Seattle, WA 98104-2245, for Amicus Curiae Center for Children and Youth Justice.

Nicholas Brian Allen , Attorney at Law, 101 Yesler Way, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104-2528, for Amicus Curiae Columbia Legal Services.

Nikkita Oliver , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 20796, Seattle, WA 98102-1796, Aimee Marie Sutton , The Marshall Defense Firm, 1001 4th Avenue, Suite 4400, Seattle, WA 98154-1192, for Community Passageways, Creative Justice, Glover EmpowerMentoring.

Marsha L. Levick , Juvenile Law Center, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 400, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, for Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center.

George Yeannakis , Office of Public Defense, P.O. Box 40957, Olympia, WA 98504-0957, Sara Anne Zier , TeamChild, 715 Tacoma Avenue S, Tacoma, WA 98402-2206, for Amicus Curiae TeamChild.

Thomas E. Weaver, Jr. , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 1056, Bremerton, WA 98337-0221, for Amicus Curiae Washington Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

James Morrissey Whisman , King County Prosecutor's Office, 516 3rd Avenue, W554 King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA 98104-2385, for Amicus Curiae Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

Hillary Ann Behrman , The Washington Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Place South, #610, Seattle, WA 98104-2626, for Amicus Curiae Washington Defender Association.


¶ 1 Sixteen year old Tyler William Watkins was charged with first degree burglary in adult court pursuant to former ROW 13.04.030(1) (2009), amended by Laws of 2018, chapter 162, section 1.1 Former RCW 13.04.030(1) (2009), part of the Basic Juvenile Court Act (BJCA), provided that juvenile...

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