Washington · Revised Code of Washington — Title 9A, Criminal Code
RCW Title 9A § 9A.76.070: Rendering criminal assistance in the first degree
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits rendering criminal assistance in the first degree by helping someone who committed or is sought for murder in the first degree or a class A felony. This is a class B felony, except it becomes a gross misdemeanor if the defendant is a relative under age eighteen.
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