No person informed against or indicted for a crime shall be convicted thereof, unless by admitting the truth of the charge in his or her plea, by confession in open court, or by the verdict of a jury, accepted and recorded by the court: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That except in capital cases, where the person informed against or indicted for a crime is represented by counsel, such person may, with the assent of the court, waive trial by jury and submit to trial by the court.
RCW 10.01.060
Conviction—Requisites—Waiver of jury trial.
Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case Singer v. United States (1965)
Most recently applied in In re the Personal Restraint of Cross (September 2013)
2010 c 8 s 1002; 1951 c 52 s 1; 1909 c 249 s 57; 1891 c 28 s 91; Code 1881 s 767; 1873 p 180 s 3; 1869 p 198 s 3; 1859 p 105 s 3; 1854 p 76 s 3; RRS s 2309.
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