Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 10 Criminal Procedure - Section 10.52.090 Incriminating testimony not to be used

§ 10.52.090. Incriminating testimony not to be used

In every case where it is provided in *this act that a witness shall not be excused from giving testimony tending to criminate himself, no person shall be excused from testifying or producing any papers or documents on the ground that his testimony may tend to criminate or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but he shall not be prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any action, matter or thing concerning which he shall so testify, except for perjury or offering false evidence committed in such testimony.

[1909 c 249 § 39; RRS § 2291.]

Notes:
Rules of court:  Ordering immunity from prosecution -- Incriminating testimony not to be used -- CrR 6.14.

     *Reviser's note: For meaning of "this act," see note following RCW 9.01.120.

Bribery or corrupt solicitation: State Constitution Art. 2 § 30.

Rights of accused persons: State Constitution Art. 1 § § 9, 22 (Amendment 10).

Witness not excused from giving testimony tending to incriminate himself in crimes concerning bribery: RCW 9.18.080. Sections:  Previous  10.52.040  10.52.060  10.52.090  10.52.100  Next

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