WA · rules
Wash. Super. Ct. Admin. R. 3
One Defendant Per Case
For criminal cases involving more than one defendant on a single charging document, a
duplicate original of the charging document will be filed for each defendant. Each defendant will
receive a unique cause number. All subsequent pleadings related to this defendant for this cause
shall be placed in the defendant's case file to assure that the defendant's file represents a complete
legal record.
The assignment of a separate cause number to each defendant of those named on a single
charging document is not considered a severance. Should a defendant desire that the case be
severed, the defendant must move for severance.
History
[Adopted effective March 1, 1974; Amended effective December 28, 1990.]
Provenance
- Source
- www.courts.wa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-16
- Edition
- 2026-09-16
- Content hash
2c8b569815a3b3c1167422c741f10408ca05d8e16c44366908cd5b928ed75949
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