Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 10.95 - Capital Punishment—Aggravated First Degree Murder.
10.95.090 - Sentence if death sentence commuted, held invalid, or if death sentence established by chapter held invalid.

RCW 10.95.090
Sentence if death sentence commuted, held invalid, or if death sentence established by chapter held invalid.

If any sentence of death imposed pursuant to this chapter is commuted by the governor, or held to be invalid by a final judgment of a court after all avenues of appeal have been exhausted by the parties to the action, or if the death penalty established by this chapter is held to be invalid by a final judgment of a court which is binding on all courts in the state, the sentence for aggravated first degree murder if there was an affirmative response to the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4) shall be life imprisonment as provided in RCW 10.95.030(1).

[ 1981 c 138 § 9.]

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Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 10 - Criminal Procedure

Chapter 10.95 - Capital Punishment—Aggravated First Degree Murder.

10.95.010 - Court rules.

10.95.020 - Definition.

10.95.030 - Sentences for aggravated first degree murder.

10.95.035 - Return of persons to sentencing court if sentenced prior to June 1, 2014, under this chapter or any prior law, for a term of life without the possibility of parole for an offense committed prior to eighteenth birthday.

10.95.040 - Special sentencing proceeding—Notice—Filing—Service.

10.95.050 - Special sentencing proceeding—When held—Jury to decide matters presented—Waiver—Reconvening same jury—Impanelling new jury—Peremptory challenges.