RCW 10.40.120: Sustaining demurrer

RCWs > Title 10 > Chapter 10.40 > Section 10.40.120

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10.40.110 << 10.40.120 >> 10.40.125

PDFRCW 10.40.120

Sustaining demurrer—When final.

If the demurrer is sustained because the indictment or information contains matter which is a legal defense or bar to the action, the judgment shall be final, and the defendant must be discharged.

[ 1891 c 28 § 56; Code 1881 § 1052; RRS § 2106. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1891 c 28 § 61; Code 1881 § 1060; RRS § 2114, now codified as RCW 10.40.125.]