Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 4.44.280 (2026)

Admonitions to jurors

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The court may admonish the jurors that they must not discuss among themselves any subject connected with the trial until they begin their deliberations. The court may also admonish the jurors that they must not discuss with nonjurors any subject connected with the trial until the jurors have been dismissed from the case.

[ 2003 c 406 s 15; 1957 c 7 s 5; Code 1881 s 226; 1877 p 47 s 230; 1869 p 56 s 230; RRS s 345.]

Notes:

Care of jury while deliberating: RCW 4.44.300.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2018–2018 · leading case: State v. Sassen Van Elsloo, 425 P.3d 807 (Wash. 2018).

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State v. Sassen Van Elsloo, 425 P.3d 807 (Wash. 2018). · cites it 2× “See RCW 4.44.280. Here, at the outset of trial, the judge instructed the jurors, "Until you are in the jury room with your fellow jurors for those deliberations you must not discuss the case with your feliow jurors or with anyone else.”

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