ER 410
                  INADMISSIBILITY OF PLEAS, OFFERS OF PLEAS,
                            AND RELATED STATEMENTS


    (a)  General.  Except as otherwise provided in this rule, evidence of a plea of
guilty, later withdrawn, or a plea of nolo contendere, or of an offer to plead
guilty or nolo contendere to the crime charged or any other crime, or of
statements made in connection with, and relevant to, any of the foregoing pleas
or offers, is not admissible in any civil or criminal proceeding against the
person who made the plea or offer. However, evidence of a statement made in
connection with, and relevant to, a plea of guilty, later withdrawn, a plea of
nolo contendere, or an offer to plead guilty or nolo contendere to the crime
charged or any other crime, is admissible in a criminal proceeding for perjury
or false statement if the statement was made by the defendant under oath and in
the presence of counsel. This rule does not govern the admissibility of
evidence of a deferred sentence imposed under RCW 3.66.067 or RCW 9.95.200-.240.

    (b)  Statutory Offers of Compromise.  Evidence of payment or an offer or
agreement to pay (i) to compromise a misdemeanor pursuant to RCW Chapter 10.22,
or (ii) for a liability described in RCW 4.24.230, shall not be admissible in
any civil or criminal proceeding.


[Adopted effective April 2, 1979. Amended effective September 1, 2008]


                                  Comment 410

[Deleted effective September 1, 2006.]