Opinion
No. 57752-2-I.
September 17, 2007.
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court for Whatcom County, No. 05-8-00349-7, Martha V. Gross, J. Pro Tem., entered February 7, 2006.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
B.C. appeals from the order of disposition entered following her conviction in juvenile court for one count of possession of marijuana. Her sole contention is that the disposition order must be reversed because the juvenile court failed to enter written findings of fact and conclusions as required by CrR 3.6 and JuCR 7.11(d). But the delayed entry of written findings and conclusions is not reversible error if the delay did not cause actual prejudice or prevent effective appellate review. See State v. Head, 136 Wn.2d 619, 624-25, 964 P.2d 1187 (1998).
The missing findings of fact and conclusions of law have now been entered. B.C. was granted an opportunity to file a reply brief addressing the findings and conclusions as entered, and she did not do so. Nor does a review of the record reveal any prejudice resulting from the delay. Accordingly, there being no other challenge, the order of disposition is affirmed. See State v. Head, 136 Wn.2d at 625 (courts will not infer prejudice from delay in the entry of written findings).
Affirmed.