Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 4.44.330 (2026)
Discharge of jury without verdict
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The jury may be discharged by the court on account of the sickness of a juror, or other accident or calamity requiring their discharge, or by consent of both parties, or after they have been kept together until it satisfactorily appears that there is no probability of their agreeing.
[Code 1881 s 233; 1877 p 48 s 237; 1869 p 58 s 237; RRS s 353.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1978–1981 · leading case: State v. Boogaard, 585 P.2d 789 (Wash. 1978).
State v. Boogaard, 585 P.2d 789 (Wash. 1978). “RCW 4.44.330 provides that the court may discharge the jury "after they have been kept together until it satisfactorily appears that there is no probability of their agreeing.”
State v. McCullum, 622 P.2d 873 (Wash. Ct. App. 1981). “1 A judge must further walk between the provisions of RCW 4.44.330, which states that the court may discharge a jury " after they have been kept together until it satisfactorily appears that there is no probability of their agreeing", and the provisions of CrR 6.”
State Ex Rel. Charles v. Bellingham Mun. Court, 612 P.2d 427 (Wash. Ct. App. 1980). “RCW 4.44.330; CrR 6.10; see generally ABA Standards Relating to Trial by Jury § 5.”
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