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RCW 10.43.050 — Acquittal, when a bar

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 10.43: Former Acquittal Or Conviction, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 10.43.050

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official text of the Revised Code of Washington from the Code Reviser's published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Washington.

RCW 10.43.050Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
No order of dismissal or directed verdict of not guilty on the ground of a variance between the indictment or information and the proof, or on the ground of any defect in such indictment or information, shall bar another prosecution for the same offense. Whenever a defendant shall be acquitted or convicted upon an indictment or information charging a crime consisting of different degrees, he or she cannot be proceeded against or tried for the same crime in another degree, nor for an attempt to commit such crime, or any degree thereof.

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