State v. Kline

Rummel, J. †

This is an appeal by the defendant in a filiation proceeding. The only question presented is whether the prosecution was commenced within the time limit fixed by RCW 26.24.160, which provides as follows:

No prosecution under this chapter shall be brought after two years from the birth of the child: Provided, The time during which any person accused shall be absent from the state shall not be computed. (Italics ours.)

The child was born on April 27, 1963. The complaint was filed and a warrant was issued on August 11, 1964, but service of the warrant and the arrest of the defendant…