Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 10 Criminal Procedure - Section 10.95.080 When sentence to death or sentence to life imprisonment shall be imposed

§ 10.95.080. When sentence to death or sentence to life imprisonment shall be imposed

(1) If a jury answers affirmatively the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4), or when a jury is waived as allowed by RCW 10.95.050(2) and the trial court answers affirmatively the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4), the defendant shall be sentenced to death. The trial court may not suspend or defer the execution or imposition of the sentence.

(2) If the jury does not return an affirmative answer to the question posed in RCW 10.95.060(4), the defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment as provided in RCW 10.95.030(1).

[1981 c 138 § 8.]

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