Washington Supreme Court· 7/25/2002

State v. Watson

Citations

146 Wash. 2d 947
51 P.3d 66

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holding mandatory joinder not required when juvenile charged with fourth degree assault in one case and taking a motor vehicle without permission in another case
holding mandatory joinder not required when juvenile charged with fourth degree assault in one case and taking a motor vehicle without permission in another case
“provid[ing] juvenile offenders with an opportunity 2 As mentioned in Section I, supra, juveniles are ineligible if they have committed sex or violent offenses. RCW 13.40.127(1)(a
The courts “are not ‘obliged to discern any ambiguity by imagining a variety of alternative interpretations.’ ” (internal quotation marks omitted
when a statute is ambiguous, the court will resort to principles of statutory construction to determine legislative intent
\Legislative definitions included in the statute are controlling.\(citing State V. Sullivan, 143 Wn.2d 162, 175, 19 P.3d 1012(2001))

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Judges: Smith, Chambers

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