Malicious prosecution.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 71 Wash. 2d 757 - State v. Gjertson (1967)
Most recently applied in State of Washington v. Marshall Disney (June 2017)
2003 c 53 s 40; 1992 c 7 s 15; 1909 c 249 s 117; Code 1881 s 899; 1873 p 203 s 98; 1854 p 92 s 89; RRS s 2369.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Every person who shall, maliciously and without probable cause therefor, cause or attempt to cause another to be arrested or proceeded against for any crime of which he or she is innocent:
(1) If such crime be a felony, is guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years; and
(2) If such crime be a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.