{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-10.43.020","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 10.43.020","heading":"Offense embraces lower degree and included offenses.","body":"When the defendant has been convicted or acquitted upon an indictment or information of an offense consisting of different degrees, the conviction or acquittal shall be a bar to another indictment or information for the offense charged in the former, or for any lower degree of that offense, or for an offense necessarily included therein.","path":["Title 10","Chapter 10.43"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=10.43.020","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:53:30Z","sha256":"00e9920747cc45e8371b81fc7c71154c1e0f039962f87bc6729a55a3e701f4da","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-10.40.200","next":"us-wa/rcw-10.43.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}