Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 4.44.160 (2026)

General causes of challenge

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General causes of challenge are:

(1) A want of any of the qualifications prescribed for a juror, as set out in RCW 2.36.070.

(2) Unsoundness of mind, or such defect in the faculties of the mind, or organs of the body, as renders him or her incapable of performing the duties of a juror in any action.

[ 1992 c 93 s 6; 1975 1st ex.s. c 203 s 2; Code 1881 s 210; 1877 p 44 s 214; 1869 p 52 s 214; RRS s 327.]

Notes:

Qualifications of jurors: RCW 2.36.070.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2023 · leading case: State v. Smith, 610 P.2d 869 (Wash. 1980).

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State v. Smith, 610 P.2d 869 (Wash. 1980). · cites it 4× “020, RCW 4.44.160 and Const. art. 6, § 3. See generally Grant, The Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction, 23 Vand.”

State v. Reid, 698 P.2d 588 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). “1 RCW 4.44.160 provides in part as follows: "General causes of challenge are: .”

Angelique S. Lantz, As Pr Of The Est. Of Justine M. Rowe, Resp.v. State Of Wa, Dshs, Apps., 535 P.3d 501 (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “RCW 4.44.160, 5 CrRLJ 6.4(b) is directly quoted in Lupastean, 200 Wn.”

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