Rule 1.3. Effect

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CrR 1.3

EFFECT

On their effective date these rules apply to any proceedings in court then pending or

thereafter commenced regardless of when the proceedings were commenced, except to the extent

that in the opinion of the court, the former procedure should continue to be made applicable in a

particular case in the interest of justice.

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