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                            JuCR
                          RULE 7.12
                     DISPOSITION HEARING

    (a) Time. A disposition hearing shall be held if the juvenile has
pleaded guilty or has been found guilty by the court. The hearing may
be held immediately following the juvenile's plea of guilty or
immediately following the adjudicatory hearing if found guilty by the
court. The disposition hearing may be continued for a period of up to
14 days after the plea or the conclusion of the hearing if the
juvenile is held in detention, or 21 days after the plea or the
conclusion of the hearing if the juvenile is not held in detention.
Either time may be extended by the court for good cause shown. Notice
of a continued hearing shall be given to all parties in accordance
with rule 11.2.
    (b) Conduct of Hearing. The court shall conduct the hearing in
accordance with RCW 13.40.150. At the conclusion of the disposition
hearing, the court shall, in accordance with CrR 7.2(b), advise the
juvenile of the right to appeal, including when applicable the right
to appeal a sentence based upon a finding of manifest injustice.
    (c) Criminal History--Definition. In determining the standard
range of disposition for a juvenile, the juvenile's criminal history
includes any criminal complaint alleging an offense and resulting in
one of the following prior to the commission of the current offense:
    (1) A finding made prior to July 1, 1978, that the juvenile
committed an offense, if the allegation was required to be proven
beyond a reasonable doubt or if the juvenile admitted the allegation;
or
    (2) A conviction or a plea of guilty on or after July 1, 1978; or
    (3) Violations, as defined by RCW 13.40.020, committed on or after
July 1, 1998.
    (d) Criminal History--Multiple Charges. If the juvenile has been
convicted of two or more charges arising out of the same course of
conduct, then only the highest charge is counted as criminal history.
If the juvenile has been convicted of two or more charges that did not
arise out of the same course of conduct, then all of the charges count
as criminal history, even though the charges may have consolidated
into a single disposition order.
    (e) Disposition Based Upon Finding of Manifest Injustice. If the
court imposes a sentence based upon a finding of manifest injustice,
the disposition order shall set forth those portions of the record
material to the disposition.
    (f) Disposition Requiring Detention in a State-Operated Juvenile
Detention Facility. If the court imposes a sentence requiring
commitment to the Division of Juvenile Rehabilitation of the
Department of Social and Health Services for detention, the copy of
the disposition order sent to the Division shall be accompanied by a
statement of the criminal history relied upon by the sentencing court.
    (g) Judgment and Sentence. For every disposition order entered
pursuant to a juvenile court offense adjudication or deferred
adjudication, the court entering the order shall forward to the
Sentencing Guidelines Commission the information contained in the
order and such criminal history, demographic, and other information as
the Office of the Administrator for the Courts may prescribe. The
Administrator for the Courts, at the direction of the Supreme Court,
and after consulting with the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, shall
determine the method for transmitting this information from the court
to the Commission.

(Amended July 11, 1996)
Pursuant to 1997 C338 ' 12 amending RCW 13.40.0357.
(Amended September 1, 1999)
	

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