Title 10 — Title 10 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
52 chapters · 541 sections in this title.
RCW 10.46.020 Trial docket.
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The clerk shall, in preparing the docket of criminal cases, enumerate the indictments and informations pending according to the date of their filing, specifying opposite to the title of each action whether it be for a felony or misdemeanor, and whether the defendant be in custody…
RCW 10.46.060 True name inserted in proceedings.
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When a defendant is designated in the indictment or information by a fictitious or erroneous name, and in any stage of the proceedings his or her true name is discovered, it may be inserted in the subsequent proceedings, referring to the fact of his or her being indicted or infor…
RCW 10.46.070 Conduct of trial—Generally.
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The court shall decide all questions of law which shall arise in the course of the trial, and the trial shall be conducted in the same manner as in civil actions.[ 1891 c 28 s 70; Code 1881 s 1088; 1873 p 237 s 249; 1854 p 119 s 111; RRS s 2158. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1891 c 28 …
RCW 10.46.080 Continuances.
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A continuance may be granted in any case on the ground of the absence of evidence on the motion of the defendant supported by affidavit showing the materiality of the evidence expected to be obtained, and that due diligence has been used to procure it; and also the name and place…
RCW 10.46.085 Continuances not permitted in certain cases.
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When a defendant is charged with a crime which constitutes a violation of RCW 9A.64.020 or chapter 9.68, 9.68A, or 9A.44 RCW, and the alleged victim of the crime is a person under the age of eighteen years, neither the defendant nor the prosecuting attorney may agree to extend th…
RCW 10.46.110 Discharging defendant to give evidence.
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When two or more persons are included in one prosecution, the court may, at any time before the defendant has gone into his or her defense, direct any defendant to be discharged, that he or she may be a witness for the state. A defendant may also, when there is not sufficient evi…
RCW 10.46.190 Liability of convicted person for costs—Jury fee.
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Every person convicted of a crime or held to bail to keep the peace may be liable to all the costs of the proceedings against him or her, including, when tried by a jury in the superior court or before a committing magistrate, a jury fee as provided for in civil actions for which…
RCW 10.46.200 Costs allowed to acquitted or discharged defendant.
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No prisoner or person under recognizance who shall be acquitted by verdict or discharged because no indictment is found against him or her, or for want of prosecution, shall be liable for any costs or fees of any officer or for any charge of subsistence while he or she was in cus…
RCW 10.46.210 Taxation of costs on acquittal or discharge—Generally—Frivolous complaints.
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When any person shall be brought before a court or other committing magistrate of any county, city or town in this state, having jurisdiction of the alleged offense, charged with the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, and such complaint upon examination shall appear to be unfo…
RCW 10.46.220 Cost bills in felony cases—Certification.
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In all convictions for felony, whether capital or punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, the clerk of the superior court shall forthwith, after sentence, tax the costs in the case. The cost bill shall be made out in triplicate, and be examined by the prosecuting attorney…
RCW 10.46.230 Cost bills in felony cases—Payment.
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Upon the receipt of the cost bill, as provided for in the preceding section, the county auditor shall draw warrants for the amounts due each person, as certified in said cost bill, which warrants shall be paid as other county warrants are paid. On receipt of the certified copy of…