Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
Title 10. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Chapter 10.95. Capital punishment—Aggravated first degree murder. |
Section 10.95.080. When sentence to death or sentence to life imprisonment shall be imposed.
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- (1) If a jury answers affirmatively the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4), or when a jury is waived as allowed by RCW 10.95.050(2) and the trial court answers affirmatively the question posed by RCW 10.95.060(4), the defendant shall be sentenced to death. The trial court may not suspend or defer the execution or imposition of the sentence.