§ 10.46.110. Discharging defendant to give evidence
When two or more persons are included in one prosecution, the court may, at any time before the defendant has gone into his defense, direct any defendant to be discharged, that he may be a witness for the state. A defendant may also, when there is not sufficient evidence to put him on his defense, at any time before the evidence is closed, be discharged by the court, for the purpose of giving evidence for a codefendant. The order of discharge is a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.
[Code 1881 § 1092; 1873 p 237 § 253; 1854 p 120 § 117; RRS § 2162.]
Notes:
Conviction or acquittal -- Several defendants: RCW 10.61.035.
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