RCW 10.58.020
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Every person charged with the commission of a crime shall be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved by competent evidence beyond a reasonable doubt; and when an offense has been proved against him or her, and there exists a reasonable doubt as to which of two or more degrees he or she is guilty, he or she shall be convicted only of the lowest.
[ 2010 c 8 s 1053 ; 1909 c 249 s 56 ; 1891 c 28 s 91 ; Code 1881 s 767; 1854 p 76 s 3 ; RRS s 2308. Formerly RCW 10.58.020 and 10.61.020 .]
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Conviction of attempts or lesser or included crimes: RCW 10.61.003 , 10.61.006 , 10.61.010 .