Colloquies Skit

Action Network
Innovations Presentation
Say What?
Washington
Judicial Court
Colloquies
JUVENILE COURT
CASE SCENARIO 1
George
Yeannakis as
the Judge
Nadia Seeratan as the Juvenile
Defender
Sarah Walker as the Juvenile Client
Preparing the
Juvenile Client
Before Court
Court is in Session
I get to go
home! Case
Closed!
What just
happened
there???
This sucks!
This judge is trippin’
JUVENILE COURT
CASE SCENARIO 2
Nadia Seeratan as the
Judge
Sarah Walker as the Juvenile Client
as the
Juvenile
Defender
Prepping the
Client Before
Court
ADJUDICATION
COUNSEL
RECOGNIZANCE
RESOLUTION
JUDGEMENT
ABIDE
ARRAIGNMENT
MODIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
JURISDICTION
PENDING
FILE
RESTITUTION
NOTWITHSTANDIN
G
Youth Name:_________________________________Scomis:_________________________________
PROBATION DO’S
1
Come to court when I am told to come to court.
2 Report to probation staff when asked and obey all probation rules.
3 Live with _________________________________ and obey their rules.
4 I am on probation (also called community supervision) for ______ months.
5 5
Go to school every day and obey all school rules.
6 Obey all curfews.
7
Attend and complete all counseling, treatment, and programs as directed.
PROBATION DON’TS
7 DO NOT commit any crimes.
8 DO NOT drink alcohol or use drugs that were not given to me by my doctor.
9 DO NOT have or use any weapons.
10 DO NOT have contact with the following persons or anyone on probation or parole:
a. Name:
b. Name:
c. Name:
_____
This means I will NOT talk to or send messages by mail, phone, computer, or through other persons or
by any other way.
OTHER:
11 Complete _____ hours of court-approved Restorative Community Service.
12 Pay restitution, if owed.
13 Pay the Crime Victim’s Fund.
14 Other Conditions:
Court is in Session
She seems
okay.
Ugh.
I wish I
wasn’t
here.
I get to go
at home!
85 % OF ALL JUVENILE OFFENDERS
CAN’T READ AT AN 8TH GRADE LEVEL
68 % OF THOSE ARRESTED
ARE ILLITERATE
JPC
Recommendation
Supervision
Attend hearings
On average
Judges gave
10 conditions
of release
Meet with Attorney
Submit to UAs
No drugs or alcohol
Possess no weapons
No contact
No new referrals
Attend School
Follow Home Rules
House arrest
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
immediate supervision
mt. with attorney
Youth
understood an
average of 3.5
conditions of
release
Attend hearings
No drugs or alcohol
No contact
No new referrals
Attend School
Follow Home Rules
House arrest
Don't Know
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
KNOWING? INTELLIGENT? VOLUNTARY?
On average judges gave youth
6 conditions of probation
Youth understood an average
of 2 conditions of probation
70.0%
70.0%
60.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
10.0%
0.0%
0.0%
-10.0%
NAME: ______________________________________
CAUSE#/RO#:________________________________
1
2
3
Bail Amount: $___________________
RELEASE DO'S
No.
Benton-Franklin County Superior Court
Juvenile Division
No.
________________________________at _______a.m./p.m. and will take
place at the Benton/Franklin Juvenile Court, 5606 W. Canal Place, Suite
106, Kennewick, WA 99336.
9
I will call my lawyer ________________________________.
Phone # _________________________
 10
I will attend all meetings scheduled by my probation counselor and call as
directed. My probation counselor is
11
Immediate Supervision: I will NOT leave my house unless a courtapproved adult in #4 is able to go along and see me at all times.
I am allowed to attend school, work, or other activities approved
by my probation counselor but I will NOT be anywhere else
 9A
without my court-approved adult.
I can go directly to and from school or work without my court 9B
approved adult.
I will NOT travel outside of Benton or Franklin Counties or
_______________ County without permission from my probation
counselor.
I will NOT drink or have alcohol. I will NOT use or have drugs unless they
have been given to me by my doctor.
_________________________ and the phone # is (509) 783-2151.
 12
I will NOT commit any crimes or get arrested.
I will come to court and go to all hearings scheduled by the court for my
case(s). My next hearing is:
I will have NO CONTACT with the following persons/place:
I will live with ______________________________________________
a.__________________________________DOB: _________
at the following address: _____________________________________
4
Phone #: _________________________. I will obey all their rules.
5
Other adults the court has approved to supervise me are:
______________________________________________
House Arrest: I will stay home. I am only allowed to leave the house to
come to court.
I will always have one of the court-approved adults referenced
 5A
in # 4 with me at home.
I will get permission from my probation counselor each time I
 5B
want to leave the house.
6
I will follow Curfew. I will be at home and stay home:
Every night from ______pm until _______am.
7
I will follow gang conditions. I received the gang conditions appendix in
Court.
8
RELEASE DON'TS
13
b.__________________________________DOB: _________
_________________________________________________
This means I will NOT talk to or send messages by mail, phone, email, text, internet, any
other person, or by any other way.
14
I will NOT be alone with children 3 or more years younger than me. If I
am around children, a parent and/or approved adult who knows about
what I have been accused of, and the rules the judge gave me, must be
able to see me at all times when the children are in my presence.
16
I will NOT have, look at, or listen to, anything that shows or describes any
sexual acts. I will NOT have or look at anything that shows or describes
the uncovered private parts of the human body.
I will NOT have or use any guns, knives, or other weapons.
17
Other:
15
Other:
I understand that if I break any of the rules that the Judge reviewed with me, I may have to return to Detention and will have a Court hearing to address the violations.