RCW 10.01.060
Conviction—Requisites—Waiver of jury trial.
No person informed against or indicted for a crime shall be convicted thereof, unless by admitting the truth of the charge in his or her plea, by confession in open court, or by the verdict of a jury, accepted and recorded by the court: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That except in capital cases, where the person informed against or indicted for a crime is represented by counsel, such person may, with the assent of the court, waive trial by jury and submit to trial by the court.
[ 2010 c 8 § 1002; 1951 c 52 § 1; 1909 c 249 § 57; 1891 c 28 § 91; Code 1881 § 767; 1873 p 180 § 3; 1869 p 198 § 3; 1859 p 105 § 3; 1854 p 76 § 3; RRS § 2309.]
NOTES:
Self-incriminating testimony: State Constitution Art. 1 § 9.
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.