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RCW 10.52.060 — Confrontation of witnesses

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 10.52: Witnesses—Generally, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 10.52.060

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 10.52.060Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
Every person accused of crime shall have the right to meet the witnesses produced against him or her face to face: PROVIDED, That whenever any witness whose deposition shall have been taken pursuant to law by a magistrate, in the presence of the defendant and his or her counsel, shall be absent, and cannot be found when required to testify upon any trial or hearing, so much of such deposition as the court shall deem admissible and competent shall be admitted and read as evidence in such case.

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