RCW 10.01.050
Convictions—Necessary before punishment.
No person charged with any offense against the law shall be punished for such offense, unless he or she shall have been duly and legally convicted thereof in a court having competent jurisdiction of the case and of the person.
[ 2010 c 8 § 1001; Code 1881 § 770; 1854 p 76 § 6; RRS § 2118.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 10.01 - General Provisions.
10.01.030 - Pleadings—Forms abolished.
10.01.040 - Statutes—Repeal or amendment—Saving clause presumed.
10.01.050 - Convictions—Necessary before punishment.
10.01.060 - Conviction—Requisites—Waiver of jury trial.
10.01.070 - Entities—Amenable to criminal process—How.
10.01.090 - Entities—Judgment against.
10.01.120 - Pardons—Reprieves—Commutations.
10.01.140 - Mileage allowance—Jurors—Witnesses.
10.01.170 - Fine or costs—Payment within specified time or installments—Payment priority order.
10.01.180 - Fine or costs—Default in payment—Contempt of court—Enforcement, collection procedures.
10.01.185 - Remission of fines.
10.01.190 - Prosecutorial powers of attorney general.
10.01.200 - Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Notice to defendants.
10.01.210 - Offender notification and warning.
10.01.230 - Victim impact panel registry—Panel minimum standards.