RCW 10.43.020
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When the defendant has been convicted or acquitted upon an indictment or information of an offense consisting of different degrees, the conviction or acquittal shall be a bar to another indictment or information for the offense charged in the former, or for any lower degree of that offense, or for an offense necessarily included therein.
[ 1891 c 28 s 74 ; Code 1881 s 1096; 1873 p 238 s 257 ; 1854 p 120 s 121 ; RRS s 2166.]
Notes:
Bar as to prosecution for same crime in another degree, or attempt: RCW 10.43.050 .