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Wash. Rev. Code § 10.46.070 (2026)

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The court shall decide all questions of law which shall arise in the course of the trial, and the trial shall be conducted in the same manner as in civil actions.
[ 1891 c 28 s 70; Code 1881 s 1088; 1873 p 237 s 249; 1854 p 119 s 111; RRS s 2158. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1891 c 28 s 66, part; Code 1881 s 1078; 1873 p 236 s 239; 1854 p 118 s 101; RRS s 2137, part, now codified as RCW 10.49.020.]

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Rules of court: This section superseded, in part, by CrR 6. See comment preceding CrR 6.1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases, 1962–2009 · leading case: State v. Agee, 573 P.2d 355 (Wash. 1977).
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State v. Agee, 573 P.2d 355 (Wash. 1977). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, several rules require the trial court to state on the record the reasons for its decision. CR 52(a)(1) requires findings of fact and conclusions of law in all actions "tried upon the facts.”
State v. Abrams, 178 P.3d 1021 (Wash. 2008). “In RCW 10.46.070, the legislature made those provisions applicable to criminal trials as well.”
State v. Abrams, 163 Wash. 2d 277 (Wash. 2008). “In RCW 10.46.070, the legislature made those provisions applicable to criminal trials as well.”
State v. Dowling, 656 P.2d 497 (Wash. 1983). · cites it 2× “In finding double jeopardy and dismissing the case, the Bastinelli court stated at pages 949-50: If it had concluded the state had proven petitioner's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, the trial court would have been required to enter findings setting forth the facts essential to…”
State v. Bastinelli, 506 P.2d 854 (Wash. 1973). · cites it 4× “Thus, the only issues are whether such an order, reduced to writing and signed by the trial judge, constitutes a finding of "not guilty" on the evidence; and, whether the court is barred from reconsidering the evidence and reversing the signed dismissal by the subsequent entry…”
State v. Chambers, 506 P.2d 311 (Wash. 1973). · cites it 3× “Nevertheless, he assigns error to the trial court’s refusal to submit the minutes and contends “the ends of justice would have been better served to allow them [the jury] to observe the documents upon which their deliberation must .”
State v. Jones, 664 P.2d 12 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983). “050, RCW 10.46.070, and CR 52 require in bench trials formal findings of fact and conclusions of law as to each element of a crime charged.”
State v. LaRue, 487 P.2d 255 (Wash. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 2× “In each brief error is assigned to the failure of the trial judge to formally find as a fact that LaRue had the “intent” to defraud.”
State v. Shelton, 431 P.2d 201 (Wash. 1967). “It was a different case and it has nothing to do with this case. You consider only the law that has been given you in the Instructions and apply it to the facts you find in this case and not any other case.”
State v. Badda, 411 P.2d 411 (Wash. 1966). “” RCW 10.46.070. In a much earlier criminal case (State v.”
State v. Lounsbery, 445 P.2d 1017 (Wash. 1968). “O, and RCW 10.46.070, providing that, in criniinál cases, the-trial shall be' conducted *667 in the same manner as civil actions.”
In Re Pers. Restraint of Scott, 202 P.3d 985 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “See RCW 10.46.070; CR 52(a); State v. Wilks, 70 Wash.”
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