When the crime involves the commission of, or an attempt to commit a private injury, and is described with sufficient certainty in other respects to identify the act, an erroneous allegation as to the person injured or intended to be injured is not material.
RCW 10.37.090
Injury to person or intention concerning.
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 129 Wash. App. 59 - State v. Berry (2005)
Most recently applied in 129 Wash. App. 59 - State v. Berry (August 2005)
Code 1881 s 1010; 1873 p 226 s 193; 1869 p 241 s 188; RRS s 2061.
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.