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WPIC 50.72 County Jail—Definition

11 WAPRAC WPIC 50.72Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 50.72 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions
Part VIII. Drugs and Controlled Substances
WPIC CHAPTER 50.60. Enhanced Sentence—Controlled Substance Violations
WPIC 50.72 County Jail—Definition
“County jail” means a facility that is [operated] [supervised] [or] [maintained] by a county for the temporary housing of adult persons charged with a criminal offense prior to trial or sentencing and for the housing of adult persons for purposes of punishment and correction after sentencing.
NOTE ON USE
Use this instruction, as applicable, with WPIC 50.71 (Enhanced Sentence—County Jail or State Correctional Facility—Special Verdict).
Use bracketed material as applicable.
COMMENT
The Legislature did not define the phrase “county jail” in RCW Chapter 9.94A. This definition is based upon the definition of “jail,” “governing unit,” and “detention facility” contained in the City and County Jails Act. See RCW 70.48.020.
[Current as of November 2019.]
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