Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 9A.32 - Homicide.
9A.32.010 - Homicide defined.

RCW 9A.32.010
Homicide defined.

Homicide is the killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or omission of another, death occurring at any time, and is either (1) murder, (2) homicide by abuse, (3) manslaughter, (4) excusable homicide, or (5) justifiable homicide.

[ 1997 c 196 § 3; 1987 c 187 § 2; 1983 c 10 § 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.32.010.]
NOTES:

Excusable homicide: RCW 9A.16.030.


Justifiable homicide: RCW 9A.16.040 and 9A.16.050.

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Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 9A - Washington Criminal Code

Chapter 9A.32 - Homicide.

9A.32.010 - Homicide defined.

9A.32.020 - Premeditation—Limitations.

9A.32.030 - Murder in the first degree.

9A.32.040 - Murder in the first degree—Sentence.

9A.32.050 - Murder in the second degree.

9A.32.055 - Homicide by abuse.

9A.32.060 - Manslaughter in the first degree.

9A.32.070 - Manslaughter in the second degree.