Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure

Section 12-1-4. - Division of criminal identification — Chief and assistants. - § 12-1-4. Division of criminal identification — Chief and assistants....

Section 12-1-5, 12-1-6. - Repealed. - § 12-1-5, 12-1-6. Repealed.

Section 12-1-7. - Criminal identification records — Stolen property reports. - § 12-1-7. Criminal identification records — Stolen property reports. It...

Section 12-1-8. - Repealed. - § 12-1-8. Repealed.

Section 12-1-8.1. - Method of identification. - § 12-1-8.1. Method of identification. The bureau of criminal identification...

Section 12-1-9. - Repealed. - § 12-1-9. Repealed.

Section 12-1-9.1. - Duty of police officials to furnish fingerprints. - § 12-1-9.1. Duty of police officials to furnish fingerprints. It...

Section 12-1-10. - Repealed. - § 12-1-10. Repealed.

Section 12-1-10.1. - Photographs and descriptive information. - § 12-1-10.1. Photographs and descriptive information. In the case of...

Section 12-1-11. - Photographs and descriptive information as to persons convicted. - § 12-1-11. Photographs and descriptive information as to persons convicted....

Section 12-1-12. - Destruction or sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated. - § 12-1-12. Destruction or sealing of records of persons acquitted...

Section 12-1-12.1. - Sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated by operation of law or by motion. - § 12-1-12.1. Sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise...

Section 12-1-12.2. - Sealing of arrest records for wrongful arrest due to mistaken identity or any other reason — Notification. - § 12-1-12.2. Sealing of arrest records for wrongful arrest due...

Section 12-1-13. - Repealed. - § 12-1-13. Repealed.

Section 12-1-14. - Body attachment — Nonsupport of children. - § 12-1-14. Body attachment — Nonsupport of children. (a) Any...

Section 12-1-15. - Retaliation prohibited. - § 12-1-15. Retaliation prohibited. No employer shall discharge or take...

Section 12-1-16. - Improvement of lineup procedures task force. - § 12-1-16. Improvement of lineup procedures task force. (a) In...

Section 12-1-17. - Background checks for employees of religious organizations. - § 12-1-17. Background checks for employees of religious organizations. (a)...

Chapter 12-1.1 - State Crime Laboratory Commission

Section 12-1.1-1. - Short title. - § 12-1.1-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 12-1.1-2. - Legislative findings and purpose. - § 12-1.1-2. Legislative findings and purpose. The general assembly recognizes...

Section 12-1.1-3. - Creation. - § 12-1.1-3. Creation. There is established the state laboratories for...

Section 12-1.1-4. - Membership. - § 12-1.1-4. Membership. (a) The commission shall consist of five...

Section 12-1.1-5. - Chairperson. - § 12-1.1-5. Chairperson. The attorney general shall be the chairperson...

Section 12-1.1-6. - Executive secretary. - § 12-1.1-6. Executive secretary. The dean of the College of...

Section 12-1.1-7. - Meetings. - § 12-1.1-7. Meetings. The commission shall meet at the call...

Section 12-1.1-8. - Powers and duties of commission. - § 12-1.1-8. Powers and duties of commission. The commission shall...

Section 12-1.1-9. - Repealed. - § 12-1.1-9. Repealed.

Section 12-1.1-10. - Cooperation of departments — Using facilities of the University of Rhode Island. - § 12-1.1-10. Cooperation of departments — Using facilities of the...

Section 12-1.1-11. - Termination or modification of commission — Report to governor. - § 12-1.1-11. Termination or modification of commission — Report to...

Chapter 12-1.2 - State Crime Laboratory

Section 12-1.2-1. - Creation. - § 12-1.2-1. Creation. There shall be a state crime laboratory...

Section 12-1.2-2. - Jurisdiction. - § 12-1.2-2. Jurisdiction. The state crime laboratory shall have the...

Section 12-1.2-3. - Functions of the state crime laboratory. - § 12-1.2-3. Functions of the state crime laboratory. The state...

Section 12-1.2-4. - Funding. - § 12-1.2-4. Funding. The state crime laboratory shall be funded...

Section 12-1.2-5. - Director of state crime laboratory — Term. - § 12-1.2-5. Director of state crime laboratory — Term. (a)...

Section 12-1.2-6. - Candidates for director and other positions — Selection — Appointment — Dismissals. - § 12-1.2-6. Candidates for director and other positions — Selection...

Section 12-1.2-7. - Powers and duties of director. - § 12-1.2-7. Powers and duties of director. (a) The director...

Section 12-1.2-8 - — 12-1.2-14. [Transferred.] - § 12-1.2-8 — 12-1.2-14. [Transferred.]

Chapter 12-1.3 - Expungement of Criminal Records

Section 12-1.3-1. - Definitions. - § 12-1.3-1. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter only, the...

Section 12-1.3-2. - Motion for expungement. - § 12-1.3-2. Motion for expungement. (a) Any person who is...

Section 12-1.3-3. - Motion for expungement — Notice — Hearing — Criteria for granting. - § 12-1.3-3. Motion for expungement — Notice — Hearing —...

Section 12-1.3-4. - Effect of expungement of records — Access to expunged records — Wrongful disclosure. - § 12-1.3-4. Effect of expungement of records — Access to...

Section 12-1.3-5. - Expungement of marijuana records. - § 12-1.3-5. Expungement of marijuana records. (a) Any person with...

Chapter 12-1.4 - Citizens’ Commission for the Safety and Care of the Elderly

Section 12-1.4-1. - Short title. - § 12-1.4-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 12-1.4-2. - Creation. - § 12-1.4-2. Creation. There is established within the department of...

Section 12-1.4-3. - Purpose. - § 12-1.4-3. Purpose. The purpose of the commission shall be...

Section 12-1.4-4. - Membership. - § 12-1.4-4. Membership. (a) The commission shall consist of twenty-one...

Section 12-1.4-5. - Compensation and expenses. - § 12-1.4-5. Compensation and expenses. The membership of the commission...

Section 12-1.4-6. - Staff. - § 12-1.4-6. Staff. The commission may engage any clerical, technical,...

Section 12-1.4-7. - Cooperation of departments. - § 12-1.4-7. Cooperation of departments. (a) All departments and agencies...

Section 12-1.4-8. - Quarters. - § 12-1.4-8. Quarters. The speaker of the house is authorized...

Section 12-1.4-9. - Reports to general assembly. - § 12-1.4-9. Reports to general assembly. The commission shall report...

Section 12-1.4-10. - Appropriation. - § 12-1.4-10. Appropriation. The sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000)...

Chapter 12-1.5 - DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders

Section 12-1.5-1. - Policy. [Contingent amendment; see other version.] - § 12-1.5-1. Policy. [Contingent amendment; see other version.] The general...

Section 12-1.5-2. - Definitions. - § 12-1.5-2. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter: (1)...

Section 12-1.5-3. - Powers and duties of the department of health. - § 12-1.5-3. Powers and duties of the department of health....

Section 12-1.5-4. - State DNA database. - § 12-1.5-4. State DNA database. There is established the state...

Section 12-1.5-5. - State DNA databank. - § 12-1.5-5. State DNA databank. There is established the state...

Section 12-1.5-6. - Procedural compatibility with F.B.I. - § 12-1.5-6. Procedural compatibility with F.B.I. The DNA database system...

Section 12-1.5-7. - Scope and applicability. [Contingent amendment; see other version.] - § 12-1.5-7. Scope and applicability. [Contingent amendment; see other version.]...

Section 12-1.5-8. - DNA sample required upon arrest or conviction for any crime of violence. - § 12-1.5-8. DNA sample required upon arrest or conviction for...

Section 12-1.5-9. - Procedures for withdrawal, collection and transmission of DNA samples. - § 12-1.5-9. Procedures for withdrawal, collection and transmission of DNA...

Section 12-1.5-10. - Procedures for conduct, disposition and use of DNA analysis. - § 12-1.5-10. Procedures for conduct, disposition and use of DNA...

Section 12-1.5-11. - DNA database exchange. - § 12-1.5-11. DNA database exchange. It shall be the duty...

Section 12-1.5-12. - Cancellation of authority to access or exchange DNA records. - § 12-1.5-12. Cancellation of authority to access or exchange DNA...

Section 12-1.5-13. - Expungement. - § 12-1.5-13. Expungement. (a) A person whose DNA record or...

Section 12-1.5-14. - Prohibition and disclosure. - § 12-1.5-14. Prohibition and disclosure. (a) Any person who, by...

Section 12-1.5-15. - Criminal penalties — Civil remedies. - § 12-1.5-15. Criminal penalties — Civil remedies. (a) Any person...

Section 12-1.5-16. - Confidentiality of records. - § 12-1.5-16. Confidentiality of records. All DNA profiles and samples...

Section 12-1.5-17. - Bailed and convicted persons — Refusal to give DNA sample. - § 12-1.5-17. Bailed and convicted persons — Refusal to give...

Section 12-1.5-18. - Interpretation and severability. - § 12-1.5-18. Interpretation and severability. The provisions of this chapter...

Chapter 12-1.6 - National Criminal Records Check System

Section 12-1.6-1. - Automated fingerprint identification system database. - § 12-1.6-1. Automated fingerprint identification system database. The department of...

Section 12-1.6-2. - Long-term healthcare workers — High-risk Medicaid providers and personal care attendants. - § 12-1.6-2. Long-term healthcare workers — High-risk Medicaid providers and...

Section 12-1.6-3. - Immunity from liability. - § 12-1.6-3. Immunity from liability. The department of attorney general;...

Section 12-1.6-4. - Rules and regulations. - § 12-1.6-4. Rules and regulations. The department of attorney general...

Chapter 12-2 - Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police

Section 12-2-1. - Commissioning of special police — Revocation of commission. - § 12-2-1. Commissioning of special police — Revocation of commission....

Section 12-2-2. - Badges to be worn or carried by officers. - § 12-2-2. Badges to be worn or carried by officers....

Section 12-2-3. - Power to preserve order. - § 12-2-3. Power to preserve order. (a) Railroad police officers...

Section 12-2-4. - Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons refusing to pay. - § 12-2-4. Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons...

Section 12-2-5. - Powers of steamboat police. - § 12-2-5. Powers of steamboat police. Steamboat police officers shall...

Section 12-2-6. - Detention of persons arrested without warrant — Jurisdiction of offenses — Penalty. - § 12-2-6. Detention of persons arrested without warrant — Jurisdiction...

Section 12-2-7. - Payment of officers — Liability for misconduct. - § 12-2-7. Payment of officers — Liability for misconduct. Railroad...

Section 12-2-8. - Bridge police included in chapter. - § 12-2-8. Bridge police included in chapter. Whenever in this...

Chapter 12-2.1 - Special Police for Private Institutions

Section 12-2.1-1. - Appointment of special police. - § 12-2.1-1. Appointment of special police. The superintendent of state...

Section 12-2.1-2. - Powers of special police officers. - § 12-2.1-2. Powers of special police officers. Upon issuance of...

Section 12-2.1-3. - Record of appointments. - § 12-2.1-3. Record of appointments. A record of all appointments...

Section 12-2.1-4. - Badges. - § 12-2.1-4. Badges. Any special police officer appointed under this...

Section 12-2.1-5. - Continuing powers of state and local police. - § 12-2.1-5. Continuing powers of state and local police. Appointment...

Section 12-2.1-6. - Reciprocity. - § 12-2.1-6. Reciprocity. Any individual who has been appointed as...

Chapter 12-2.2 - Capitol Police for Public Buildings

Section 12-2.2-1. - Appointment of capitol police. - § 12-2.2-1. Appointment of capitol police. The director of public...

Section 12-2.2-2. - Powers of capitol police officers. - § 12-2.2-2. Powers of capitol police officers. Upon issuance of...

Section 12-2.2-3. - Badges. - § 12-2.2-3. Badges. Any capitol police officer appointed under this...

Section 12-2.2-4. - Continuing powers of state and local police. - § 12-2.2-4. Continuing powers of state and local police. Appointment...

Section 12-2.2-5. - Classes in law enforcement. - § 12-2.2-5. Classes in law enforcement. All capitol police shall...

Section 12-2.2-6. - Temporary assignment of capitol police officers. - § 12-2.2-6. Temporary assignment of capitol police officers. (a) Upon...

Section 12-2.2-7. - Powers of capitol police officers assigned to the general assembly. - § 12-2.2-7. Powers of capitol police officers assigned to the...

Chapter 12-3 - Jurisdiction and Venue of Offenses

Section 12-3-1. - Offenses triable by district court. - § 12-3-1. Offenses triable by district court. The district court...

Section 12-3-2. - Power of district court over preliminary proceedings — Venue of offenses on public waters. - § 12-3-2. Power of district court over preliminary proceedings —...

Section 12-3-3. - Jurisdiction of New Shoreham wardens’ court. - § 12-3-3. Jurisdiction of New Shoreham wardens’ court. The wardens’...

Section 12-3-4. - Venue of offenses. - § 12-3-4. Venue of offenses. (a) Every indictment or information...

Section 12-3-5. - Offenses in vicinity of county or division boundary — Offenses at sea — Offenses aboard steamboat or train. - § 12-3-5. Offenses in vicinity of county or division boundary...

Section 12-3-6. - Act within state resulting in death outside state. - § 12-3-6. Act within state resulting in death outside state....

Section 12-3-7. - Jurisdiction based on importation of stolen property. - § 12-3-7. Jurisdiction based on importation of stolen property. Whenever...

Section 12-3-8. - Venue of larceny prosecutions. - § 12-3-8. Venue of larceny prosecutions. Larceny, whether at common...

Section 12-3-9. - Possession of property stolen outside state. - § 12-3-9. Possession of property stolen outside state. Whenever any...

Section 12-3-10. - Enumeration of statutes of limitation. - § 12-3-10. Enumeration of statutes of limitation. The following compilation...

Chapter 12-4 - Recognizance to Keep the Peace

Section 12-4-1. - Examination on complaint of threat to commit offense. - § 12-4-1. Examination on complaint of threat to commit offense....

Section 12-4-2. - Warrant to apprehend accused. - § 12-4-2. Warrant to apprehend accused. If the complainant shall...

Section 12-4-3. - Inquiry into truth of complaint — Sentence to enter recognizance. - § 12-4-3. Inquiry into truth of complaint — Sentence to...

Section 12-4-4. - Discharge of accused — Commitment on failure to give recognizance. - § 12-4-4. Discharge of accused — Commitment on failure to...

Section 12-4-5. - Exemption from recognizance — Domestic abuse. - § 12-4-5. Exemption from recognizance — Domestic abuse. Notwithstanding any...

Section 12-4-6. - Discharge on failure to find complaint supported by evidence — Costs. - § 12-4-6. Discharge on failure to find complaint supported by...

Chapter 12-5 - Search Warrants

Section 12-5-1. - Authority to issue. - § 12-5-1. Authority to issue. (a) A search warrant may...

Section 12-5-2. - Grounds for issuance. - § 12-5-2. Grounds for issuance. A warrant may be issued...

Section 12-5-3. - Issuance and contents. - § 12-5-3. Issuance and contents. (a) A warrant shall issue...

Section 12-5-3.1 - — 12-5-3.13. Repealed. - § 12-5-3.1 — 12-5-3.13. Repealed.

Section 12-5-3.14. - Complaint for issuance of search warrant — Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. - § 12-5-3.14. Complaint for issuance of search warrant — Medicaid...

Section 12-5-3.15, 12-5-3.16. - Repealed. - § 12-5-3.15, 12-5-3.16. Repealed.

Section 12-5-3.17. - Complaint for issuance of search warrant — Town of North Kingstown. - § 12-5-3.17. Complaint for issuance of search warrant — Town...

Section 12-5-4. - Complainant officer exempt from surety for costs. - § 12-5-4. Complainant officer exempt from surety for costs. (a)...

Section 12-5-5, 12-5-6. - Repealed. - § 12-5-5, 12-5-6. Repealed.

Section 12-5-7. - Disposition of seized property. - § 12-5-7. Disposition of seized property. (a) The property seized...

Section 12-5-8. - Hearing upon seizure of matter alleged to be obscene. - § 12-5-8. Hearing upon seizure of matter alleged to be...

Section 12-5-9. - Repealed. - § 12-5-9. Repealed.

Section 12-5-10. - Electronic communication services. - § 12-5-10. Electronic communication services. (a) Based on probable cause,...

Chapter 12-5.1 - Interception of Wire and Oral Communications

Section 12-5.1-1. - Definitions. - § 12-5.1-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Aggrieved...

Section 12-5.1-2. - Application for orders. - § 12-5.1-2. Application for orders. (a) The attorney general, or...

Section 12-5.1-3. - Where application may be made. - § 12-5.1-3. Where application may be made. Application for an...

Section 12-5.1-4. - Issuance of orders. - § 12-5.1-4. Issuance of orders. (a) Upon the application as...

Section 12-5.1-5. - Form and content of orders. - § 12-5.1-5. Form and content of orders. (a) Each order...

Section 12-5.1-6. - Approval of interception of wire, electronic, or oral communication. - § 12-5.1-6. Approval of interception of wire, electronic, or oral...

Section 12-5.1-7. - Execution of orders. - § 12-5.1-7. Execution of orders. (a) An order may be...

Section 12-5.1-8. - Maintenance and custody of records. - § 12-5.1-8. Maintenance and custody of records. (a) The contents...

Section 12-5.1-9. - Return of inventory. - § 12-5.1-9. Return of inventory. (a) Within a reasonable time...

Section 12-5.1-10. - Disclosure and use of intercepted wire or oral communications. - § 12-5.1-10. Disclosure and use of intercepted wire or oral...

Section 12-5.1-11. - Notice of intention. - § 12-5.1-11. Notice of intention. The contents of any intercepted...

Section 12-5.1-12. - Suppression of evidence. - § 12-5.1-12. Suppression of evidence. (a) Any aggrieved person may...

Section 12-5.1-13. - Civil remedy. - § 12-5.1-13. Civil remedy. (a) Any person whose wire, electronic,...

Section 12-5.1-14. - Annual report of interceptions to the general assembly. - § 12-5.1-14. Annual report of interceptions to the general assembly....

Section 12-5.1-15. - Conformity to the law of the United States. - § 12-5.1-15. Conformity to the law of the United States....

Section 12-5.1-16. - Severability. - § 12-5.1-16. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 12-5.2 - Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices

Section 12-5.2-1. - Definitions. - § 12-5.2-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Designated...

Section 12-5.2-2. - Application for an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device. - § 12-5.2-2. Application for an order for a pen register...

Section 12-5.2-3. - Issuance of an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device. - § 12-5.2-3. Issuance of an order for a pen register...

Section 12-5.2-4. - Assistance in installation and use of pen register or a trap and trace device. - § 12-5.2-4. Assistance in installation and use of pen register...

Section 12-5.2-5. - Severability. - § 12-5.2-5. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 12-6 - Warrants for Arrest

Section 12-6-1. - Examination on complaint of commission of offense. - § 12-6-1. Examination on complaint of commission of offense. Whenever...

Section 12-6-2. - Recognizance for cost on complaint within trial jurisdiction of district court. - § 12-6-2. Recognizance for cost on complaint within trial jurisdiction...

Section 12-6-3. - Surety for costs on complaint beyond trial jurisdiction of district court. - § 12-6-3. Surety for costs on complaint beyond trial jurisdiction...

Section 12-6-4. - Issuance of warrant. - § 12-6-4. Issuance of warrant. Upon the giving of a...

Section 12-6-5. - Recognizance not required on official complaints. - § 12-6-5. Recognizance not required on official complaints. Whenever any...

Section 12-6-6. - Surety for costs not required of police officers. - § 12-6-6. Surety for costs not required of police officers....

Section 12-6-6.1 - — 12-6-6.14. [Superseded.] - § 12-6-6.1 — 12-6-6.14. [Superseded.]

Section 12-6-7. - Warrants issued to other divisions. - § 12-6-7. Warrants issued to other divisions. Whenever any judge...

Section 12-6-7.1. - Service of arrest warrants. - § 12-6-7.1. Service of arrest warrants. (a) Whenever any judge...

Section 12-6-7.2. - Repealed. - § 12-6-7.2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 195 §...

Section 12-6-8. - Taxing and execution for costs on discharge of respondent. - § 12-6-8. Taxing and execution for costs on discharge of...

Chapter 12-7 - Arrest

Section 12-7-1. - Temporary detention of suspects. - § 12-7-1. Temporary detention of suspects. A peace officer may...

Section 12-7-2. - Search of detained person for weapons. - § 12-7-2. Search of detained person for weapons. A peace...

Section 12-7-3. - Arrest without warrant for misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor. - § 12-7-3. Arrest without warrant for misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor....

Section 12-7-4. - Arrest without warrant for felony. - § 12-7-4. Arrest without warrant for felony. A peace officer...

Section 12-7-5. - Arrest on improper ground. - § 12-7-5. Arrest on improper ground. If a lawful cause...

Section 12-7-6. - Arrest on warrant not in possession of arresting officer. - § 12-7-6. Arrest on warrant not in possession of arresting...

Section 12-7-7. - Methods of arrest. - § 12-7-7. Methods of arrest. An arrest is made by...

Section 12-7-8. - Restraint and force used. - § 12-7-8. Restraint and force used. No greater restraint than...

Section 12-7-9. - Conditions justifying force dangerous to life. - § 12-7-9. Conditions justifying force dangerous to life. A police...

Section 12-7-10. - Resisting legal or illegal arrest. - § 12-7-10. Resisting legal or illegal arrest. (a) It shall...

Section 12-7-11. - Summons. - § 12-7-11. Summons. (a) In any case in which a...

Section 12-7-12. - Release of arrested person by officer. - § 12-7-12. Release of arrested person by officer. (a) The...

Section 12-7-13. - Repealed. - § 12-7-13. Repealed.

Section 12-7-14. - Punitive damages for false arrest or imprisonment. - § 12-7-14. Punitive damages for false arrest or imprisonment. In...

Section 12-7-15. - Severability. - § 12-7-15. Severability. If any part of §§ 12-7-1 —...

Section 12-7-16. - Arrest or seizure after commission of offense. - § 12-7-16. Arrest or seizure after commission of offense. The...

Section 12-7-17. - Arrest of escapees and parole violators without warrant. - § 12-7-17. Arrest of escapees and parole violators without warrant....

Section 12-7-18. - Temporary detention powers of National Guard. - § 12-7-18. Temporary detention powers of National Guard. A National...

Section 12-7-19. - Arrest after close pursuit by officers from cities or towns. - § 12-7-19. Arrest after close pursuit by officers from cities...

Section 12-7-20. - Right to use telephone for call to attorney — Bail bondsperson. - § 12-7-20. Right to use telephone for call to attorney...

Section 12-7-21. - “Peace officer” defined. - § 12-7-21. “Peace officer” defined. “Peace officer,” as used within...

Section 12-7-22. - Electronic recording of custodial interrogations task force. - § 12-7-22. Electronic recording of custodial interrogations task force. (a)...

Chapter 12-8 - Close Pursuit

Section 12-8-1. - Short title. - § 12-8-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 12-8-2. - Definitions. - § 12-8-2. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter: (1)...

Section 12-8-3. - Arrest after close pursuit by officers from other states. - § 12-8-3. Arrest after close pursuit by officers from other...

Section 12-8-4. - Arrests otherwise unlawful. - § 12-8-4. Arrests otherwise unlawful. Section 12-8-3 shall not be...

Section 12-8-5. - Commitment or discharge of person arrested. - § 12-8-5. Commitment or discharge of person arrested. If an...

Section 12-8-6. - Severability. - § 12-8-6. Severability. If any part of this chapter is...

Chapter 12-9 - Extradition

Section 12-9-1. - Short title. - § 12-9-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 12-9-2. - Definitions. - § 12-9-2. Definitions. Where appearing in this chapter: (1) “Executive...

Section 12-9-3. - Governor’s duty to deliver fugitives from justice. - § 12-9-3. Governor’s duty to deliver fugitives from justice. Subject...

Section 12-9-4. - Form of demand from another state. - § 12-9-4. Form of demand from another state. No demand...

Section 12-9-5. - Investigation as to demanded person. - § 12-9-5. Investigation as to demanded person. When a demand...

Section 12-9-6. - Agreement to return person demanded from another state. - § 12-9-6. Agreement to return person demanded from another state....

Section 12-9-7. - Surrender of person who left demanding state involuntarily. - § 12-9-7. Surrender of person who left demanding state involuntarily....

Section 12-9-8. - Surrender of person committing an act in one state resulting in a crime in another. - § 12-9-8. Surrender of person committing an act in one...

Section 12-9-9. - Warrant of arrest on executive demand. - § 12-9-9. Warrant of arrest on executive demand. If the...

Section 12-9-10. - Authority granted by warrant. - § 12-9-10. Authority granted by warrant. The warrant shall authorize...

Section 12-9-11. - Commanding assistance in execution of warrant. - § 12-9-11. Commanding assistance in execution of warrant. Every peace...

Section 12-9-12. - Appearance of prisoner before judge — Application for habeas corpus. - § 12-9-12. Appearance of prisoner before judge — Application for...

Section 12-9-12.1. - Extradition of juveniles. - § 12-9-12.1. Extradition of juveniles. (a) When the extradition of...

Section 12-9-13. - Penalty for violating § 12-9-12. - § 12-9-13. Penalty for violating § 12-9-12. Any officer who...

Section 12-9-14. - Confinement of prisoner pending extradition or en route. - § 12-9-14. Confinement of prisoner pending extradition or en route....

Section 12-9-15. - Confinement of prisoners passing through state. - § 12-9-15. Confinement of prisoners passing through state. The officer...

Section 12-9-16. - Warrant of arrest on affidavit. - § 12-9-16. Warrant of arrest on affidavit. Whenever any person...

Section 12-9-17. - Arrest without warrant. - § 12-9-17. Arrest without warrant. The arrest of a person...

Section 12-9-18. - Commitment awaiting requisition. - § 12-9-18. Commitment awaiting requisition. If, from the examination before...

Section 12-9-19. - Admission to bail. - § 12-9-19. Admission to bail. Unless the offense with which...

Section 12-9-20. - Failure to arrest on governor’s warrant within time specified. - § 12-9-20. Failure to arrest on governor’s warrant within time...

Section 12-9-21. - Forfeiture of bail. - § 12-9-21. Forfeiture of bail. If the prisoner is admitted...

Section 12-9-22. - Persons under prosecution in this state. - § 12-9-22. Persons under prosecution in this state. If a...

Section 12-9-23. - Guilt or innocence as subject of inquiry. - § 12-9-23. Guilt or innocence as subject of inquiry. The...

Section 12-9-24. - Recall or reissue of governor’s warrant. - § 12-9-24. Recall or reissue of governor’s warrant. The governor...

Section 12-9-25. - Warrant to return prisoner from another state. - § 12-9-25. Warrant to return prisoner from another state. Whenever...

Section 12-9-26. - Application for requisition of person charged with crime. - § 12-9-26. Application for requisition of person charged with crime....

Section 12-9-27. - Application for requisition of person convicted of crime. - § 12-9-27. Application for requisition of person convicted of crime....

Section 12-9-28. - Affidavits and documents to support application. - § 12-9-28. Affidavits and documents to support application. The application...

Section 12-9-29. - Immunity from civil process arising out of occurrence for which extradited. - § 12-9-29. Immunity from civil process arising out of occurrence...

Section 12-9-30. - Execution of waiver of extradition. - § 12-9-30. Execution of waiver of extradition. Any person arrested...

Section 12-9-31. - Filing of consent — Delivery of prisoner to extradition agents. - § 12-9-31. Filing of consent — Delivery of prisoner to...

Section 12-9-32. - State’s rights against extradited persons not waived. - § 12-9-32. State’s rights against extradited persons not waived. Nothing...

Section 12-9-33. - Trial for crimes not specified in requisition. - § 12-9-33. Trial for crimes not specified in requisition. After...

Section 12-9-34. - Uniformity of construction. - § 12-9-34. Uniformity of construction. The provisions of this chapter...

Section 12-9-35. - Severability. - § 12-9-35. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts

Section 12-10-1. - Court open at all times. - § 12-10-1. Court open at all times. The district court...

Section 12-10-2. - Powers of justices of the peace. - § 12-10-2. Powers of justices of the peace. (a)(1) The...

Section 12-10-3. - Recording and certification of appointments and revocations — Signature of warrants. - § 12-10-3. Recording and certification of appointments and revocations —...

Section 12-10-4. - Plea on offense beyond trial jurisdiction of district court. - § 12-10-4. Plea on offense beyond trial jurisdiction of district...

Section 12-10-5. - Discharge of person charged with offense beyond trial jurisdiction of district court. - § 12-10-5. Discharge of person charged with offense beyond trial...

Section 12-10-6. - Recognizance or commitment on charge of offense beyond trial jurisdiction of district court. - § 12-10-6. Recognizance or commitment on charge of offense beyond...

Section 12-10-7. - Transmission of papers to superior court. - § 12-10-7. Transmission of papers to superior court. Whenever a...

Section 12-10-8. - Discharge of accused on acknowledgment of satisfaction by complainant. - § 12-10-8. Discharge of accused on acknowledgment of satisfaction by...

Section 12-10-9. - Adjournment of trial or examination. - § 12-10-9. Adjournment of trial or examination. The district court...

Section 12-10-10. - Commitment or recognizance on adjournment. - § 12-10-10. Commitment or recognizance on adjournment. In case of...

Section 12-10-11. - Default on recognizance. - § 12-10-11. Default on recognizance. If the person recognized shall...

Section 12-10-12. - Filing of complaints. - § 12-10-12. Filing of complaints. (a) Subject to any other...

Chapter 12-11 - County Grand Juries

Section 12-11-1. - Number of members. - § 12-11-1. Number of members. The grand jury shall consist...

Section 12-11-2. - Attendance on court — Providence and Bristol counties. - § 12-11-2. Attendance on court — Providence and Bristol counties....

Section 12-11-3. - Attendance on court — Newport, Kent, and Washington counties. - § 12-11-3. Attendance on court — Newport, Kent, and Washington...

Section 12-11-3.1. - Additional county grand juries. - § 12-11-3.1. Additional county grand juries. Whenever the attorney general...

Section 12-11-4. - Repealed. - § 12-11-4. Repealed.

Section 12-11-5. - Administration of oaths to witnesses. - § 12-11-5. Administration of oaths to witnesses. The foreperson of...

Chapter 12-11.1 - Statewide Grand Juries

Section 12-11.1-1. - Statewide grand jury — Size and powers. - § 12-11.1-1. Statewide grand jury — Size and powers. A...

Section 12-11.1-2. - Repealed. - § 12-11.1-2. Repealed.

Section 12-11.1-3. - Statewide grand juries — Impaneling. - § 12-11.1-3. Statewide grand juries — Impaneling. Whenever the attorney...

Section 12-11.1-4. - Composition — Secretary of state required to inform jury commissioner. - § 12-11.1-4. Composition — Secretary of state required to inform...

Section 12-11.1-5. - When county grand jury in attendance. - § 12-11.1-5. When county grand jury in attendance. A statewide...

Section 12-11.1-5.1. - Unlawful grand jury disclosure. - § 12-11.1-5.1. Unlawful grand jury disclosure. (a) Any person who,...

Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints

Section 12-12-1. - Repealed. - § 12-12-1. Repealed.

Section 12-12-1.1. - Capital or life offenses. - § 12-12-1.1. Capital or life offenses. An offense which may...

Section 12-12-1.2. - Felonies — Less than capital or life, penalty. - § 12-12-1.2. Felonies — Less than capital or life, penalty....

Section 12-12-1.3. - Lesser offenses, penalty. - § 12-12-1.3. Lesser offenses, penalty. An offense which may be...

Section 12-12-1.4. - Contents of indictments, informations and complaints. - § 12-12-1.4. Contents of indictments, informations and complaints. An indictment,...

Section 12-12-1.5. - Informations — Exhibits to be attached. - § 12-12-1.5. Informations — Exhibits to be attached. When an...

Section 12-12-1.6. - Defendant to receive copy of information. - § 12-12-1.6. Defendant to receive copy of information. A copy...

Section 12-12-1.7. - Motion to dismiss information. - § 12-12-1.7. Motion to dismiss information. Within thirty (30) days...

Section 12-12-1.8. - Hearing to determine probable cause. - § 12-12-1.8. Hearing to determine probable cause. At the probable...

Section 12-12-1.9. - Determining whether probable cause exists. - § 12-12-1.9. Determining whether probable cause exists. After conducting the...

Section 12-12-1.10. - Dismissal of information — Effect. - § 12-12-1.10. Dismissal of information — Effect. If the court...

Section 12-12-1.11. - “Indictment” construed. - § 12-12-1.11. “Indictment” construed. Whenever “indictment” appears in the general...

Section 12-12-2. - Process in fictitious name or by description. - § 12-12-2. Process in fictitious name or by description. In...

Section 12-12-3. - Formal defects in process not ground for abatement or quashing. - § 12-12-3. Formal defects in process not ground for abatement...

Section 12-12-4 - — 12-12-9. Repealed. - § 12-12-4 — 12-12-9. Repealed.

Section 12-12-10. - Variances of proof and immaterial mistakes. - § 12-12-10. Variances of proof and immaterial mistakes. A defendant...

Section 12-12-11. - Conditions not required to be negated in allegations. - § 12-12-11. Conditions not required to be negated in allegations....

Section 12-12-12. - Description of written instruments. - § 12-12-12. Description of written instruments. If an allegation relative...

Section 12-12-13. - Allegations as to form of money. - § 12-12-13. Allegations as to form of money. If any...

Section 12-12-14. - Allegations as to statutory larceny. - § 12-12-14. Allegations as to statutory larceny. In prosecutions under...

Section 12-12-15. - Allegations in perjury indictments or informations. - § 12-12-15. Allegations in perjury indictments or informations. In every...

Section 12-12-16. - Allegations as to property held jointly, in common, or by partners. - § 12-12-16. Allegations as to property held jointly, in common,...

Section 12-12-17. - Statute of limitations. - § 12-12-17. Statute of limitations. (a) There shall be no...

Section 12-12-18. - Period of limitations extended by theft, loss or destruction of indictment or information. - § 12-12-18. Period of limitations extended by theft, loss or...

Section 12-12-19. - Repealed. - § 12-12-19. Repealed.

Section 12-12-20. - Original and duplicates of charges to be filed. - § 12-12-20. Original and duplicates of charges to be filed....

Section 12-12-21. - “Designated assistants” defined. - § 12-12-21. “Designated assistants” defined. “Designated assistants” as used in...

Section 12-12-22. - Arraignments and pleas — Notices to aliens. - § 12-12-22. Arraignments and pleas — Notices to aliens. (a)...

Chapter 12-13 - Bail and Recognizance

Section 12-13-1. - Right to release pending trial on giving of recognizance. - § 12-13-1. Right to release pending trial on giving of...

Section 12-13-1.1. - Hearings when state opposes bail — Medical disability of accused. - § 12-13-1.1. Hearings when state opposes bail — Medical disability...

Section 12-13-1.2. - Penalty for an offense committed while on release. - § 12-13-1.2. Penalty for an offense committed while on release....

Section 12-13-1.3. - Pretrial release. - § 12-13-1.3. Pretrial release. (a) Unless otherwise provided, a detainee...

Section 12-13-2. - Warrant for apprehension of accused person. - § 12-13-2. Warrant for apprehension of accused person. Any court...

Section 12-13-3. - Guardian to give recognizance. - § 12-13-3. Guardian to give recognizance. Whenever any person arraigned...

Section 12-13-4. - Persons authorized to bail jail prisoners. - § 12-13-4. Persons authorized to bail jail prisoners. (a) No...

Section 12-13-5. - Justices authorized to bail on accusation of serious crime. - § 12-13-5. Justices authorized to bail on accusation of serious...

Section 12-13-5.1. - Presumption of danger to the community. - § 12-13-5.1. Presumption of danger to the community. Whenever a...

Section 12-13-5.2. - Drug testing required. - § 12-13-5.2. Drug testing required. Every person who shall be...

Section 12-13-6. - Bail or discharge for want of indictment or information. - § 12-13-6. Bail or discharge for want of indictment or...

Section 12-13-7. - Right to prompt trial on indictment or information for serious crime. - § 12-13-7. Right to prompt trial on indictment or information...

Section 12-13-8. - Qualifications of sureties. - § 12-13-8. Qualifications of sureties. (a) Whenever in any criminal...

Section 12-13-8.1. - Penalty for false affidavit. - § 12-13-8.1. Penalty for false affidavit. Any surety who knowingly...

Section 12-13-9. - Commitment of juveniles on failure to give recognizance. - § 12-13-9. Commitment of juveniles on failure to give recognizance....

Section 12-13-10. - Deposit of money in lieu of bail. - § 12-13-10. Deposit of money in lieu of bail. Any...

Section 12-13-11. - New or additional recognizance. - § 12-13-11. New or additional recognizance. Whenever in any criminal...

Section 12-13-12 - — 12-13-15. Repealed. - § 12-13-12 — 12-13-15. Repealed.

Section 12-13-16. - Process on default of recognizance. - § 12-13-16. Process on default of recognizance. (a) Whenever any...

Section 12-13-16.1. - Forfeiture of bail. - § 12-13-16.1. Forfeiture of bail. (a) In any criminal case,...

Section 12-13-16.2. - Forfeiture of bail — Licensed bondsperson. - § 12-13-16.2. Forfeiture of bail — Licensed bondsperson. (a) In...

Section 12-13-17. - Repealed. - § 12-13-17. Repealed.

Section 12-13-18. - Power of surety on recognizance over principal. - § 12-13-18. Power of surety on recognizance over principal. Every...

Section 12-13-19. - Surrender or commitment of principal. - § 12-13-19. Surrender or commitment of principal. The surety may...

Section 12-13-20. - Status of person surrendered or committed. - § 12-13-20. Status of person surrendered or committed. The person...

Section 12-13-21. - Registration of sureties. - § 12-13-21. Registration of sureties. No person proposing to become...

Section 12-13-22. - Recordation of recognizance — Lien. - § 12-13-22. Recordation of recognizance — Lien. (a) Each recognizance...

Section 12-13-23. - Bail and bail bonds — Examination for sufficiency. - § 12-13-23. Bail and bail bonds — Examination for sufficiency....

Section 12-13-24. - Confidentiality of pretrial services program records. - § 12-13-24. Confidentiality of pretrial services program records. (a) Information...

Section 12-13-24.1. - Pretrial services unit. - § 12-13-24.1. Pretrial services unit. (a) Creation of unit; definitions....

Section 12-13-25. - Nonprofit bail corporations. - § 12-13-25. Nonprofit bail corporations. (a) “Nonprofit bail corporation” means...

Chapter 12-14 - Payment of Traffic Fines

Section 12-14-1. - Payment of fines for ordinance violations to clerk of district court. - § 12-14-1. Payment of fines for ordinance violations to clerk...

Section 12-14-2. - Violation of parking regulations in the city of Newport. - § 12-14-2. Violation of parking regulations in the city of...

Section 12-14-3. - Violations of Central Falls ordinance. - § 12-14-3. Violations of Central Falls ordinance. The city of...

Section 12-14-4. - Violations of Bristol, Johnston, Narragansett, North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Warren, Westerly, West Warwick, and North Providence ordinances. - § 12-14-4. Violations of Bristol, Johnston, Narragansett, North Kingstown, South...

Section 12-14-5. - Violations of Cranston ordinance. - § 12-14-5. Violations of Cranston ordinance. The city of Cranston...

Section 12-14-6. - Violations of Warwick ordinances. - § 12-14-6. Violations of Warwick ordinances. The city of Warwick...

Section 12-14-7. - Violations of Pawtucket ordinances. - § 12-14-7. Violations of Pawtucket ordinances. The city of Pawtucket...

Section 12-14-8. - Violations of Charlestown ordinance. - § 12-14-8. Violations of Charlestown ordinance. The town of Charlestown...

Section 12-14-9. - Violations of Lincoln ordinances. - § 12-14-9. Violations of Lincoln ordinances. A person charged with...

Section 12-14-10. - Violations of traffic and parking regulations in the town of Jamestown. - § 12-14-10. Violations of traffic and parking regulations in the...

Section 12-14-11. - Violations of parking regulations in the town of Barrington. - § 12-14-11. Violations of parking regulations in the town of...

Section 12-14-12. - Violations of parking regulations in the town of Smithfield. - § 12-14-12. Violations of parking regulations in the town of...

Section 12-14-13. - Violations of parking regulations in the town of Burrillville. - § 12-14-13. Violations of parking regulations in the town of...

Section 12-14-14. - Violations of parking regulations in the town of Portsmouth. - § 12-14-14. Violations of parking regulations in the town of...

Chapter 12-15 - Public Defender

Section 12-15-1. - Office created. - § 12-15-1. Office created. There is created the office of...

Section 12-15-2. - Appointment and term of public defender. - § 12-15-2. Appointment and term of public defender. The governor...

Section 12-15-3. - Duty to represent indigent defendants. - § 12-15-3. Duty to represent indigent defendants. It shall be...

Section 12-15-4. - Office facilities. - § 12-15-4. Office facilities. The public defender shall have an...

Section 12-15-5. - Powers to accept grants and bequests. - § 12-15-5. Powers to accept grants and bequests. The public...

Section 12-15-6. - Assistant defenders. - § 12-15-6. Assistant defenders. The public defender may appoint any...

Section 12-15-7. - Appropriations for expenses. - § 12-15-7. Appropriations for expenses. The general assembly shall annually...

Section 12-15-8. - “Indigent defendants” defined. - § 12-15-8. “Indigent defendants” defined. For the purpose of assisting...

Section 12-15-9. - Eligibility for assistance. - § 12-15-9. Eligibility for assistance. Every person who seeks the...

Section 12-15-10. - Confidential nature of financial statement. - § 12-15-10. Confidential nature of financial statement. The public defender,...

Section 12-15-11. - Penalty for false representation. - § 12-15-11. Penalty for false representation. Whoever knowingly makes a...

Chapter 12-16 - Attendance of Witnesses from Without State

Section 12-16-1. - Short title. - § 12-16-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 12-16-2. - Definitions. - § 12-16-2. Definitions. (a) “State” includes any territory of the...

Section 12-16-3. - Certification by foreign judge as to witness from this state. - § 12-16-3. Certification by foreign judge as to witness from...

Section 12-16-4. - Issuance of summons to appear in another state. - § 12-16-4. Issuance of summons to appear in another state....

Section 12-16-5. - Taking into custody and delivery of witness. - § 12-16-5. Taking into custody and delivery of witness. If...

Section 12-16-6. - Punishment for disobedience of summons. - § 12-16-6. Punishment for disobedience of summons. If a witness,...

Section 12-16-7. - Certificate to summon witness from another state. - § 12-16-7. Certificate to summon witness from another state. If...

Section 12-16-8. - Receiving custody of witness from another state. - § 12-16-8. Receiving custody of witness from another state. If...

Section 12-16-9. - Fees tendered — Duration of attendance required — Failure to testify. - § 12-16-9. Fees tendered — Duration of attendance required —...

Section 12-16-10. - Exemption from process of witnesses entering state. - § 12-16-10. Exemption from process of witnesses entering state. If...

Section 12-16-11. - Exemption from process of witnesses passing through state. - § 12-16-11. Exemption from process of witnesses passing through state....

Section 12-16-12. - Uniformity of construction. - § 12-16-12. Uniformity of construction. This chapter shall be so...

Section 12-16-13. - Severability. - § 12-16-13. Severability. If any part of this chapter is...

Chapter 12-16.1 - Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceeding Act

Section 12-16.1-1. - Definitions. - § 12-16.1-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Penal...

Section 12-16.1-2. - Summoning witness in this state to testify in another state. - § 12-16.1-2. Summoning witness in this state to testify in...

Section 12-16.1-3. - Court order. - § 12-16.1-3. Court order. If at the hearing the judge...

Section 12-16.1-4. - Terms and conditions. - § 12-16.1-4. Terms and conditions. The order to the witness...

Section 12-16.1-5. - Exceptions. - § 12-16.1-5. Exceptions. This chapter does not apply to any...

Section 12-16.1-6. - Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in this state. - § 12-16.1-6. Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in...

Section 12-16.1-7. - Compliance. - § 12-16.1-7. Compliance. The judge of the court in this...

Section 12-16.1-8. - Exemption from arrest and service of process. - § 12-16.1-8. Exemption from arrest and service of process. If...

Chapter 12-17 - Trial

Section 12-17-1. - Trial in superior court only on indictment, information, or appeal — Venue. - § 12-17-1. Trial in superior court only on indictment, information,...

Section 12-17-2. - “Not guilty” plea inferred. - § 12-17-2. “Not guilty” plea inferred. If any person on...

Section 12-17-3. - Waiver of jury trial — Special findings and rulings. - § 12-17-3. Waiver of jury trial — Special findings and...

Section 12-17-4. - Repealed. - § 12-17-4. Repealed.

Section 12-17-5. - Continuance of trial to conclusion after opening to jury. - § 12-17-5. Continuance of trial to conclusion after opening to...

Section 12-17-6. - Control and disposition of property used as evidence. - § 12-17-6. Control and disposition of property used as evidence....

Section 12-17-7. - Release of property held as evidence after escape of defendant. - § 12-17-7. Release of property held as evidence after escape...

Section 12-17-8. - Compulsory process for defense witnesses. - § 12-17-8. Compulsory process for defense witnesses. Compulsory process for...

Section 12-17-9. - Defendant as witness. - § 12-17-9. Defendant as witness. No respondent in a criminal...

Section 12-17-10. - Defendant’s spouse as witness. - § 12-17-10. Defendant’s spouse as witness. The husband or wife...

Section 12-17-10.1. - Spouse as witness in domestic or child abuse actions. - § 12-17-10.1. Spouse as witness in domestic or child abuse...

Section 12-17-11. - Commitment of witness on presumption of perjury. - § 12-17-11. Commitment of witness on presumption of perjury. Whenever...

Section 12-17-12. - Detention of evidence as to perjury. - § 12-17-12. Detention of evidence as to perjury. If, in...

Section 12-17-13. - Jury ordered not to separate. - § 12-17-13. Jury ordered not to separate. Upon motion of...

Section 12-17-14. - Conviction of lesser-included offense or attempt. - § 12-17-14. Conviction of lesser-included offense or attempt. Whenever any...

Section 12-17-15. - Compelling evidence in criminal proceedings — Immunity. - § 12-17-15. Compelling evidence in criminal proceedings — Immunity. Whenever...

Section 12-17-16. - Defendant’s right of discovery. - § 12-17-16. Defendant’s right of discovery. In any criminal proceeding...

Section 12-17-17. - Restrictions on the defense of provocation. - § 12-17-17. Restrictions on the defense of provocation. For purposes...

Section 12-17-18. - Restrictions on the defense of diminished capacity. - § 12-17-18. Restrictions on the defense of diminished capacity. A...

Section 12-17-19. - Restrictions on the defense of self-defense. - § 12-17-19. Restrictions on the defense of self-defense. A person...

Chapter 12-18 - Probation

Section 12-18-1. - Placement of offenders under director of corrections. - § 12-18-1. Placement of offenders under director of corrections. It...

Section 12-18-2. - Return of probationers or parolees from outside state. - § 12-18-2. Return of probationers or parolees from outside state....

Section 12-18-3. - Plea of nolo contendere followed by probation — Effect. - § 12-18-3. Plea of nolo contendere followed by probation —...

Section 12-18-4. - Repealed. - § 12-18-4. Repealed.

Chapter 12-18.1 - Probation and Parole Support Act

Section 12-18.1-1. - Short title. - § 12-18.1-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...

Section 12-18.1-2. - Repealed. - § 12-18.1-2. Repealed.

Section 12-18.1-3. - Court costs. - § 12-18.1-3. Court costs. (a) The court shall assess as...

Section 12-18.1-4. - Deposit of and use of proceeds. - § 12-18.1-4. Deposit of and use of proceeds. All revenues...

Section 12-18.1-5. - Report to governor and general assembly. - § 12-18.1-5. Report to governor and general assembly. (a) Pursuant...

Chapter 12-19 - Sentence and Execution

Section 12-19-1. - Repealed. - § 12-19-1. Repealed.

Section 12-19-2. - Selection of method and amount or term of punishment. - § 12-19-2. Selection of method and amount or term of...

Section 12-19-2.1. - Crimes committed in a public housing for the elderly project. - § 12-19-2.1. Crimes committed in a public housing for the...

Section 12-19-2.2. - Alternative confinement. - § 12-19-2.2. Alternative confinement. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of...

Section 12-19-3. - Deodands — Benefit of clergy — Petit treason. - § 12-19-3. Deodands — Benefit of clergy — Petit treason....

Section 12-19-4. - Corruption of blood — Forfeiture of estate. - § 12-19-4. Corruption of blood — Forfeiture of estate. No...

Section 12-19-5. - Imprisonment to commence at expiration of previous term of imprisonment. - § 12-19-5. Imprisonment to commence at expiration of previous term...

Section 12-19-6. - Presentence reports. - § 12-19-6. Presentence reports. Whenever an accused shall be found...

Section 12-19-7. - Recommendations of counsel as to sentence. - § 12-19-7. Recommendations of counsel as to sentence. At the...

Section 12-19-8. - Suspension of sentence and probation by superior or district court. - § 12-19-8. Suspension of sentence and probation by superior or...

Section 12-19-8.1. - Conditions of probation. - § 12-19-8.1. Conditions of probation. (a) The following shall constitute...

Section 12-19-9. - Violation of terms of probation — Notice to attorney general — Revocation or continuation of suspension. - § 12-19-9. Violation of terms of probation — Notice to...

Section 12-19-10. - Suspension of imprisonment already commenced. - § 12-19-10. Suspension of imprisonment already commenced. Imprisonment pursuant to...

Section 12-19-11. - Suspension of life sentence. - § 12-19-11. Suspension of life sentence. Execution of sentence shall...

Section 12-19-12. - Powers of superior court additional. - § 12-19-12. Powers of superior court additional. The power and...

Section 12-19-13. - Suspension of sentence and probation by district court. - § 12-19-13. Suspension of sentence and probation by district court....

Section 12-19-14. - Violation of terms of probation — Notice to court — Revocation or continuation of suspension. - § 12-19-14. Violation of terms of probation — Notice to...

Section 12-19-15. - Term of probation — Power to commit after termination of original sentence. - § 12-19-15. Term of probation — Power to commit after...

Section 12-19-16. - Suspension of imprisonment already commenced. - § 12-19-16. Suspension of imprisonment already commenced. Imprisonment pursuant to...

Section 12-19-17. - Powers of district court additional. - § 12-19-17. Powers of district court additional. The power and...

Section 12-19-18. - Termination of imprisonment on deferred sentence on failure of grand jury to indict — Determinations of insufficient evidence lack of probable cause or exercise of prosecutorial discretion. - § 12-19-18. Termination of imprisonment on deferred sentence on failure...

Section 12-19-19. - Sentencing on plea of guilty or nolo contendere — Deferment of sentence. - § 12-19-19. Sentencing on plea of guilty or nolo contendere...

Section 12-19-20. - [Obsolete.] - § 12-19-20. [Obsolete.]

Section 12-19-21. - Habitual criminals. - § 12-19-21. Habitual criminals. (a) If any person who has...

Section 12-19-22. - Infliction of punishment on sentence. - § 12-19-22. Infliction of punishment on sentence. The various punishments...

Section 12-19-23. - Place of imprisonment. - § 12-19-23. Place of imprisonment. Unless otherwise provided, every person...

Section 12-19-23.1. - Intermediate punishments — Purpose. - § 12-19-23.1. Intermediate punishments — Purpose. The objectives of intermediate...

Section 12-19-23.2. - Intermediate punishments. - § 12-19-23.2. Intermediate punishments. (a) As a part of or...

Section 12-19-24. - Report of sentence and court recommendations. - § 12-19-24. Report of sentence and court recommendations. After imposing...

Section 12-19-25. - Warrant for commitment to institutions. - § 12-19-25. Warrant for commitment to institutions. Whenever any person...

Section 12-19-26. - Sentence of minor to training school for youth. - § 12-19-26. Sentence of minor to training school for youth....

Section 12-19-27. - Commitment to training school for youth. - § 12-19-27. Commitment to training school for youth. Whenever any...

Section 12-19-28. - Repealed. - § 12-19-28. Repealed.

Section 12-19-29. - Sentence to give recognizance to keep the peace. - § 12-19-29. Sentence to give recognizance to keep the peace....

Section 12-19-30. - Certification and default on recognizances. - § 12-19-30. Certification and default on recognizances. Every recognizance pursuant...

Section 12-19-31. - Commitment for nonpayment of fines and costs. - § 12-19-31. Commitment for nonpayment of fines and costs. Whenever...

Section 12-19-32. - Restitution. - § 12-19-32. Restitution. In addition to or in lieu of...

Section 12-19-32.1. - Mandatory restitution. - § 12-19-32.1. Mandatory restitution. Any person who sells, causes to...

Section 12-19-33. - Restitution — Family court. - § 12-19-33. Restitution — Family court. (a) In addition to...

Section 12-19-34. - Priority of restitution payments to victims of crime. - § 12-19-34. Priority of restitution payments to victims of crime....

Section 12-19-35. - Evidence of damages sustained. - § 12-19-35. Evidence of damages sustained. Evidence of damages sustained...

Section 12-19-36. - Payment to violent crimes indemnity fund. - § 12-19-36. Payment to violent crimes indemnity fund. Whenever any...

Section 12-19-37. - Aliens — Felony conviction records. - § 12-19-37. Aliens — Felony conviction records. The attorney general...

Section 12-19-38. - Hate Crimes Sentencing Act. - § 12-19-38. Hate Crimes Sentencing Act. (a) If any person...

Section 12-19-39. - Criminal street gang enhancement. - § 12-19-39. Criminal street gang enhancement. (a) “Criminal street gang”...

Section 12-19-40. - Severability. - § 12-19-40. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 12-19.1 - Judicial Sentencing Disclosure Act

Section 12-19.1-1. - Short title. - § 12-19.1-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 12-19.1-2. - Record of criminal sentences. - § 12-19.1-2. Record of criminal sentences. The clerks of the...

Section 12-19.1-3. - Public record. - § 12-19.1-3. Public record. The register shall be a public...

Chapter 12-19.2 - Sentencing to Life Imprisonment Without Parole

Section 12-19.2-1. - Sentencing procedures — Trial by jury. - § 12-19.2-1. Sentencing procedures — Trial by jury. In all...

Section 12-19.2-2. - Sentencing procedures — Trial by judge sitting without a jury. - § 12-19.2-2. Sentencing procedures — Trial by judge sitting without...

Section 12-19.2-3. - Sentencing procedures — Plea of guilty. - § 12-19.2-3. Sentencing procedures — Plea of guilty. In all...

Section 12-19.2-4. - Consideration of aggravating and mitigating circumstances. - § 12-19.2-4. Consideration of aggravating and mitigating circumstances. At the...

Section 12-19.2-5. - Review of life sentence without parole. - § 12-19.2-5. Review of life sentence without parole. The defendant...

Section 12-19.2-6. - Work release and furlough programs — Prohibited. - § 12-19.2-6. Work release and furlough programs — Prohibited. A...

Chapter 12-19.3 - Sentencing Standards

Section 12-19.3-1. - Legislative purpose. - § 12-19.3-1. Legislative purpose. In order that the sentences imposed...

Section 12-19.3-2. - Adoption of presumptive sentences. - § 12-19.3-2. Adoption of presumptive sentences. Each year the justices...

Section 12-19.3-3. - Procedures for sentencing. - § 12-19.3-3. Procedures for sentencing. In all cases where the...

Section 12-19.3-4. - Review of sentence. - § 12-19.3-4. Review of sentence. Within twenty (20) days of...

Chapter 12-20 - Costs

Section 12-20-1, 12-20-2. - Repealed. - § 12-20-1, 12-20-2. Repealed.

Section 12-20-3. - Sheriff’s fees on commitments and habeas corpus. - § 12-20-3. Sheriff’s fees on commitments and habeas corpus. All...

Section 12-20-4. - Sheriff’s fees on scire facias. - § 12-20-4. Sheriff’s fees on scire facias. The fees chargeable...

Section 12-20-5. - Allowance for service of precept. - § 12-20-5. Allowance for service of precept. Any officer charged...

Section 12-20-6. - Fees of city and town police departments and state agencies. - § 12-20-6. Fees of city and town police departments and...

Section 12-20-7. - Witness fees. - § 12-20-7. Witness fees. (a) The fees of witnesses shall...

Section 12-20-8. - Payment of costs where defendant committed to correctional institutions. - § 12-20-8. Payment of costs where defendant committed to correctional...

Section 12-20-9. - Costs as to other defendants. - § 12-20-9. Costs as to other defendants. The payment of...

Section 12-20-10. - Remission of costs — Indigency — Limited ability to pay — Inherent power — Prohibition against remitting order of restitution. - § 12-20-10. Remission of costs — Indigency — Limited ability...

Section 12-20-11. - Apportionment of costs among defendants. - § 12-20-11. Apportionment of costs among defendants. Whenever more than...

Section 12-20-12. - Technology surcharge. - § 12-20-12. Technology surcharge. A technology surcharge shall be assessed...

Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures

Section 12-21-1. - Methods of recovering fines and forfeitures. - § 12-21-1. Methods of recovering fines and forfeitures. Unless otherwise...

Section 12-21-2. - Limitation of prosecutions. - § 12-21-2. Limitation of prosecutions. All suits or prosecutions founded...

Section 12-21-3. - Venue of actions based on penal statutes. - § 12-21-3. Venue of actions based on penal statutes. Unless...

Section 12-21-4. - Jurisdiction of district and superior courts. - § 12-21-4. Jurisdiction of district and superior courts. All fines,...

Section 12-21-5. - Action by town or city. - § 12-21-5. Action by town or city. Whenever any penalty...

Section 12-21-6. - Commencement of period of neglect. - § 12-21-6. Commencement of period of neglect. Whenever any penalty...

Section 12-21-7. - Residence of court member in city or town to be benefited. - § 12-21-7. Residence of court member in city or town...

Section 12-21-8. - Plea of general issue. - § 12-21-8. Plea of general issue. The defendant to an...

Section 12-21-9. - Commitment for failure to obey judgment or sentence. - § 12-21-9. Commitment for failure to obey judgment or sentence....

Section 12-21-10. - Disposition of recoveries. - § 12-21-10. Disposition of recoveries. Unless otherwise specially provided: (1)...

Section 12-21-11. - Quarterly reports and payments by district court. - § 12-21-11. Quarterly reports and payments by district court. The...

Section 12-21-12. - Payment of costs taxable to cities or towns out of fines due. - § 12-21-12. Payment of costs taxable to cities or towns...

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Rhode Island General Laws Title 12 - Criminal Procedure

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Title 12 - Criminal Procedure