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Wash. Rev. Code § 10.37.060 (2026)

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When there are several charges against any person, or persons, for the same act or transaction, or for two or more acts or transactions connected together, or for two or more acts or transactions of the same class of crimes or offenses, which may be properly joined, instead of having several indictments or informations the whole may be joined in one indictment, or information, in separate counts; and, if two or more indictments are found, or two or more informations filed, in such cases, the court may order such indictments or informations to be consolidated.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 109 s 1; 1891 c 28 s 24; Code 1881 s 1008; 1873 p 225 s 191; 1869 p 241 s 186; RRS s 2059.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1953–2024 · leading case: State v. Thompson, 564 P.2d 315 (Wash. 1977).
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State v. Thompson, 564 P.2d 315 (Wash. 1977). · cites it 3× “3 did not supersede RCW 10.37.060 and the two are consistent.”
State v. Irizarry, 763 P.2d 432 (Wash. 1988). · cites it 2× “RCW 10.37.060 reads in part: When there are several charges against any person, or persons, for the same act or transaction, or for two or more acts or transactions connected together, or for two or more acts or transactions of the same class of crimes or offenses, which may be…”
State v. Pleasant, 583 P.2d 680 (Wash. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 4× “3 and RCW 10.37.060. [3] The question of granting separate trials lies within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed unless there is a manifest abuse of that discretion.”
State Of Washington v. Charles Bluford, 379 P.3d 163 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “¶8 Under RCW 10.37.060, When there are several charges against any person, or persons, for the same act or transaction, or for two or more acts or transactions connected together, or for two or more acts or transactions of the same class of crimes or offenses, which may be…”
State v. Markle, 823 P.2d 1101 (Wash. 1992). “3 and RCW 10.37.060; the defendant was charged with acts of the same class of crimes or offenses, his acts were in some instances connected, and his offenses were properly joined in the information as separate counts.”
State v. Young, 550 P.2d 1 (Wash. 1976). “4(a) (2) provides that severance is waived if no timely request is made, and CrR 4.4(b) (1) makes the granting of the severance discretionary with the trial court.”
State v. Davis, 294 P.2d 934 (Wash. 1956). · cites it 3× “RCW 10.37.060]). The trial court sustained demurrers and granted motions to quash directed against the count charging kidnaping in the Lambert information and against the count charging conspiracy to kidnap in each of the four informations, leaving one count against each…”
State v. Smith, 446 P.2d 571 (Wash. 1968). “The joinder statute is RCW 10.37.060, which provides: When there are several charges against any person, or persons, for the same act or transaction, or for two or more acts or transactions connected together, or for two or more acts or transactions of the same class of crimes…”
State v. Courville, 387 P.2d 938 (Wash. 1963). · cites it 2× “He concedes that crimes involved in the same transaction, or closely connected in time, can, under RCW 10.37.060, properly be joined; but he contends that the court abused its discretion in allowing the count for taking and riding in a vehicle without the permission of the owner…”
State v. Kinsey, 502 P.2d 470 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 2× “RCW 10.37.060 states that when there are several charges against any person for two or more acts or transactions of the same class of crime or offenses, which may be properly joined, instead of having several informations, the whole may be joined in one information, in separate…”
State v. Waldenburg, 513 P.2d 577 (Wash. Ct. App. 1973). “Such a procedure also comports with the spirit of RCW 10.37.060. 3 In light of the particular facts and the procedural format of the instant case, we hold that neither charging defendant *533 with both the felony and the misdemeanor offense in multiple counts of one information…”
State v. Taylor, 287 P.2d 298 (Wash. 1955). “, § 2059 (RCW 10.37.060), separate offenses must be stated in separate counts, and that a defendant may be convicted of only one offense under each count.”
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