Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 10 Criminal Procedure - Chapter 10.58 Evidence

10.58.010 Rules -- Generally
The rules of evidence in civil actions, so far as practicable, shall be applied to criminal prosecutions.[Code 1881 § 1071; 1873 p 234 § 233; ...
10.58.020 Presumption of innocence -- Conviction of lowest degree, when
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; ...
10.58.030 Confession as evidence
The confession of a defendant made under inducement, with all the circumstances, may be given as evidence against him, except when made under the influence ...
10.58.035 Statement of defendant -- Admissibility
(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 ...
10.58.038 Polygraph examinations -- Victims of alleged sex offenses
A law enforcement officer, prosecuting attorney, or other government official may not ask or require a victim of an alleged sex offense to submit to ...
10.58.040 Intent to defraud
Whenever an intent to defraud shall be made an element of an offense, it shall be sufficient if an intent appears to defraud any person, ...
10.58.060 Ownership -- Proof of
In the prosecution of any offense committed upon, or in relation to, or in any way affecting any real estate, or any offense committed in ...
10.58.080 View of place of crime permissible
The court may order a view by any jury impaneled to try a criminal case.[Code 1881 § 1090; 1873 p 237 § 251; 1854 p ...
10.58.090 Sex offenses -- Admissibility
(1) In a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a sex offense, evidence of the defendant's commission of another sex offense or ...

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