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RCW 10.58.010 Rules—Generally.
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The rules of evidence in civil actions, so far as practicable, shall be applied to criminal prosecutions. [Code 1881 s 1071; 1873 p 234 s 233; 1854 p 117 s 97; RRS s 2152.]
RCW 10.58.020 Presumption of innocence—Conviction of lowest degree, when.
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Every person charged with the commission of a crime shall be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved by competent evidence beyond a reasonable doubt; and when an offense has been proved against him or her, and there exists a reasonable doubt as to which of two or more degr…
RCW 10.58.030 Confession as evidence.
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The confession of a defendant made under inducement, with all the circumstances, may be given as evidence against him or her, except when made under the influence of fear produced by threats; but a confession made under inducement is not sufficient to warrant a conviction without…
RCW 10.58.035 Statement of defendant—Admissibility.
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(1) In criminal and juvenile offense proceedings where independent proof of the corpus delicti is absent, and the alleged victim of the crime is dead or incompetent to testify, a lawfully obtained and otherwise admissible confession, admission, or other statement of the defendant…