2895-S AMH KLIP WICK 345

SHB 2895 - H AMD 954

By Representative Klippert

    On page 17, line 22, after "(a)" insert "The respondent is sixteen or seventeen years of age at the time of the proceedings and the alleged offense is:

(i) Robbery in the first degree or drive-by shooting;

(ii) Burglary in the first degree and the respondent has a criminal history consisting of one or more prior felony or misdemeanor offenses; or

(iii) Any violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030, and the respondent is alleged to have been armed with a firearm;

(b)"

    Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT:   Expands the circumstances when the prosecutor, respondent, or the court may file a discretionary decline motion requesting the court to transfer the respondent for adult criminal prosecution to include when a respondent is 16 or 17 at the time of the proceedings and the alleged offense is:

·   Robbery in the first degree or drive-by shooting;

·   Burglary in the first degree and the respondent has a criminal history consisting of one or more prior felony or misdemeanor offenses; or

·   Any violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030, and the respondent is alleged to have been armed with a firearm.

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