RCW 10.46.110
Discharging defendant to give evidence.
When two or more persons are included in one prosecution, the court may, at any time before the defendant has gone into his or her defense, direct any defendant to be discharged, that he or she may be a witness for the state. A defendant may also, when there is not sufficient evidence to put him or her on his or her defense, at any time before the evidence is closed, be discharged by the court, for the purpose of giving evidence for a codefendant. The order of discharge is a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.
[ 2010 c 8 § 1045; Code 1881 § 1092; 1873 p 237 § 253; 1854 p 120 § 117; RRS § 2162.]
NOTES:
Conviction or acquittal—Several defendants: RCW 10.61.035.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 10.46 - Superior Court Trial.
10.46.060 - True name inserted in proceedings.
10.46.070 - Conduct of trial—Generally.
10.46.085 - Continuances not permitted in certain cases.
10.46.110 - Discharging defendant to give evidence.
10.46.190 - Liability of convicted person for costs—Jury fee.
10.46.200 - Costs allowed to acquitted or discharged defendant.
10.46.210 - Taxation of costs on acquittal or discharge—Generally—Frivolous complaints.