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RCW 10.40.070

Motion to set aside indictment.

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 81 Wash. 2d 95 - State v. Carroll (1972)

Most recently applied in 57 Wash. App. 196 - State v. Greco (March 1990)

1983 c 3 s 12; 1957 c 10 s 1; Code 1881 s 1046; RRS s 2099

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The motion to set aside the indictment can be made by the defendant on one or more of the following grounds, and must be sustained:

(1) When any person, other than the grand jurors, was present before the grand jury when the question was taken upon the finding of the indictment, or when any person, other than the grand jurors, was present before the grand jury during the investigation of the charge, except as required or permitted by law;

(2) If the grand jury were not selected, drawn, summoned, impaneled, or sworn as prescribed by law.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.