Washington Supreme Court· 7/23/2009

State v. Hughes

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166 Wash. 2d 675
212 P.3d 558

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“Legislative intent may be determined by legislative history, the structure of the statutes, their purpose, or other sources.”
“The legislature’s intent to preclude multiple punishments for the crimes of rape and rape of a child arising out of one act of sexual intercourse is confirmed.” (emphasis added)
convictions for both rape of child and second degree rape constituted double jeopardy where: (1) both offenses arose out of one act of sexual intercourse with the child victim; and (2
“Here, the two offenses are the same in fact because they arose out of one act of sexual intercourse with the same victim. Here, both offenses are also the same in law.” (emphasis added; footnote omitted)

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Judges: Alexander, Sanders, Chambers, Owens, Fairhurst, Johnson, Stephens, Madsen

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