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Code · Washington · Title 9A — Washington Criminal Code · Chapter 9A.52

RCW 9A.52.040

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In any prosecution for burglary, any person who enters or remains unlawfully in a building may be inferred to have acted with intent to commit a crime against a person or property therein, unless such entering or remaining shall be explained by evidence satisfactory to the trier of fact to have been made without such criminal intent.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.52.040 .]
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