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9A.20.021 – Maximum sentences for crimes committed July 1, 1984, and after | Washington Law

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9A.20.021 – Maximum sentences for crimes committed July 1, 1984, and after

Washington Criminal Code § 9A.20.021

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RCW 9A.20.021 - Maximum sentences for crimes committed July 1, 1984, and after (1) Felony. Unless a different maximum sentence for a classified felony is specifically established by a statute of this state, no person convicted of a classified felony shall be punished by confinement or fine exceeding the following:(a) For a class A felony, by confinement in a state correctional institution for a term of life imprisonment, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of fifty thousand dollars, o

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