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RI Gen L § 12-9-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-25 - Warrant to return prisoner from another state.

§ 12-9-25. Warrant to return prisoner from another state.Whenever the governor of this state shall demand a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his or her bail, probation, or parole in this state, from the executive authority of any other state, or from the chief justice or an associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive a demand under the laws of the United States, he or she shall issue a warrant under the seal of this state to some agent, commanding the agent to receive the person so charged if delivered to him or her and convey the person to the proper officer of the county in this state in which the offense was committed.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-25.
RI Gen L § 12-9-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-26 - Application for requisition of person charged with crime.

§ 12-9-26. Application for requisition of person charged with crime.When the return to this state of a person charged with a crime in this state is required, the attorney general shall present to the governor his or her written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged, in which application shall be stated the name of the person so charged, the crime charged against the person, the approximate time, place and circumstances of its commission, the state in which the person is believed to be, including the location of the accused in that state at the time the application is made, and certifying that, in the opinion of the attorney general, the ends of justice require the arrest and return of the accused to this state for trial and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-26.
RI Gen L § 12-9-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-27 - Application for requisition of person convicted of crime.

§ 12-9-27. Application for requisition of person convicted of crime.When the return to this state is required of a person who has been convicted of a crime in this state and has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his or her bail, probation, or parole, the attorney general or the warden of the institution from which escape was made shall present to the governor a written application for a requisition for the return of the person, in which shall be stated the name of the person, the crime of which the person was convicted, the circumstances of his or her escape from confinement or of the breach of the terms of his or her bail, probation, or parole, the state in which the person is believed to be, including the location of the person in that state at the time application is made.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-27.
RI Gen L § 12-9-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-28 - Affidavits and documents to support application.

§ 12-9-28. Affidavits and documents to support application.The application shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed in duplicate, and shall be accompanied by two (2) certified copies of the indictment returned, or information and affidavit filed, or of the complaint made of the judge, stating the offense with which the accused is charged, or of the judgment of conviction, or of the sentence. The attorney general, the director of corrections, or the warden may also attach any further affidavits and other documents in duplicate that he or she shall deem proper to be submitted with the application. One copy of the application, with the action of the governor indicated by endorsement on it, and one of the certified copies of the indictment, complaint, information, and affidavits, or of the judgment of conviction, or of the sentence shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state to remain on record in that office. The other copies of all papers shall be forwarded with the governor's requisition.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 23; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-28.
RI Gen L § 12-9-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|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 for which extradited.A person brought into this state by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceedings to answer which he or she is being or has been returned, until he or she has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until he or she has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he or she was extradited.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-29.
RI Gen L § 12-9-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-30 - Execution of waiver of extradition.

§ 12-9-30. Execution of waiver of extradition.Any person arrested in this state charged, with having committed any crime in another state, or alleged to have escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his or her bail, probation, or parole, may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided for in §§ 12-9-9 and 12-9-10 and all other procedure incidental to extradition proceedings, by executing or subscribing in the presence of a judge of any court of record within this state a writing which states that he or she consents to return to the demanding state; provided, that before the waiver shall be executed or subscribed by the person it shall be the duty of the judge to inform the person of his or her rights to the issuance and service of a warrant of extradition and to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as provided for in § 12-9-12.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-30.
RI Gen L § 12-9-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-31 - Filing of consent - Delivery of prisoner to extradition agents.

§ 12-9-31. Filing of consent — Delivery of prisoner to extradition agents.If and when consent pursuant to § 12-9-30 has been duly executed it shall be immediately forwarded to the office of the governor of this state and filed in that office. The judge shall direct the officer having the person in custody to immediately deliver the person to the duly accredited agent or agents of the demanding state and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the agent or agents a copy of his or her consent; provided, that nothing in this section and § 12-9-30 shall be deemed to limit the rights of the accused person to return voluntarily and without formality to the demanding state, nor shall this waiver procedure be deemed to be an exclusive procedure or to limit the powers, rights, or duties of the officers of the demanding state or of this state.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-31.
RI Gen L § 12-9-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-32 - State's rights against extradited persons not waived.

§ 12-9-32. State's rights against extradited persons not waived.Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this state of its right, power, or privilege to try the demanded person for a crime committed within this state, or of its right, power, or privilege to regain custody of the person by extradition proceedings or otherwise for the purpose of trial, sentence, or punishment for any crime committed within this state, nor shall any proceedings had under this chapter which result in, or fail to result in, extradition be deemed a waiver by this state of any of its rights, privileges, or jurisdiction in any way whatsoever.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-32.
RI Gen L § 12-9-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-33 - Trial for crimes not specified in requisition.

§ 12-9-33. Trial for crimes not specified in requisition.After a person has been brought back to this state by, or after waiver of, extradition proceedings, he or she may be tried in this state for other crimes which he or she may be charged with having committed here as well as that specified in the requisition for his or her extradition.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-33.
RI Gen L § 12-9-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-34 - Uniformity of construction.

§ 12-9-34. Uniformity of construction.The provisions of this chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-34.
RI Gen L § 12-9-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-9 - Extradition|Section 12-9-35 - Severability.

§ 12-9-35. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, its invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions of application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-35.
RI Gen L § 12-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|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 shall be open at all times for the transaction of criminal business.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 149; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-1; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 19.
RI Gen L § 12-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts|Section 12-10-3 - Recording and certification of appointments and revocations - Signature of warrants.

§ 12-10-3. Recording and certification of appointments and revocations — Signature of warrants.Appointments and revocations shall be recorded in the records of the court and certified by the chief judge making them to the secretary of state, and the judge shall also issue to the justice or justices of the peace his or her warrant under the seal of the court, by which the justice or justices shall be authorized to perform the duties specified in this chapter, and shall also, whenever he or she shall revoke the appointment, notify the justice of the peace in writing of the revocation. Justices of the peace appointed to issue warrants shall sign all warrants by them issued as "Justice of the peace authorized to issue warrants."History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 182; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 35; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 35; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 35; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-3; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 19.
RI Gen L § 12-10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts|Section 12-10-4 - Plea on offense beyond trial jurisdiction of district court.

§ 12-10-4. Plea on offense beyond trial jurisdiction of district court.Whenever any person shall be brought before a district court upon a complaint charging him or her with an offense which is not within the jurisdiction of the court to try and determine, the court may, with the written consent of the attorney general or his or her authorized designee, and with a waiver of indictment or information by such person, acting with the benefit of counsel, receive a plea of guilty or nolo contendere and may impose sentence. There shall be no appeal to the superior court. Any district court judge performing these duties shall receive the same salary as a superior court judge would receive.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 41; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 41; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 41; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-4; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 18; P.L. 2003, ch. 139, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-10-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts|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 jurisdiction of district court.Whenever any person shall be brought before any district court, charged with any offense which it has not jurisdiction to try and determine, and, after hearing all the evidence adduced in relation to it, it shall not appear to the district court that the accused is probably guilty of the offense, or of any other offense substantially charged in the complaint, the accused shall be immediately discharged.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 165; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-5.
RI Gen L § 12-10-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts|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 trial jurisdiction of district court.Whenever any person shall be brought before the district court upon a complaint charging him or her with an offense which is not within the jurisdiction of the court to try and determine, and it shall appear to the court that the accused is probably guilty, the court shall, if the offense is bailable by it, require the accused to enter into a recognizance in any sum that the court shall direct, with sufficient surety to be approved by the court, with condition that the accused will appear at the superior court for the county in which the division is situated at the time fixed for the attendance of the grand jury in that court which is next after seven (7) days from the day when the recognizance was ordered, and not to depart the superior court without leave, and in the meantime keep the peace and be of good behavior toward all the people of this state. The recognizance shall be immediately certified as soon as may be by the district court to the court before which the accused shall recognize to appear. Whenever the district court shall require any person to enter into a recognizance for his or her appearance before it or before any other court, and shall not give the recognizance, the person shall be immediately committed to the adult correctional institutions, there to remain until he or she is discharged pursuant to law. If the required recognizance is for the appearance of the accused before the superior court, the fact of the commitment shall be immediately certified to the superior court before which the accused has been held to appear.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 166; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 19; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-6; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 19.
RI Gen L § 12-10-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts|Section 12-10-7 - Transmission of papers to superior court.

§ 12-10-7. Transmission of papers to superior court.Whenever a division of the district court, upon a criminal complaint, shall adjudge a defendant in any criminal complaint probably guilty of an offense, the complaint and all papers connected with it shall immediately be certified and be transmitted to the clerk of the superior court for the county in which the division is situated.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 172; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-7; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 19.
RI Gen L § 12-10-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts|Section 12-10-8 - Discharge of accused on acknowledgment of satisfaction by complainant.

§ 12-10-8. Discharge of accused on acknowledgment of satisfaction by complainant.Whenever any person shall be committed to a correctional institution, or shall be under recognizance, to answer to a charge of assault or battery, or both, or for any threat of committing an offense against the person or property of another, if the person injured or threatened shall appear before the judge of the district court who issued the warrant of commitment or took the recognizance, and acknowledge in writing that he or she has received satisfaction of the injury, or has ceased to fear the execution of the threat, the judge may, in his or her discretion, upon payment of all costs that may have accrued, including the board of the prisoner in the institution, if committed, discharge the recognizance, or supersede the commitment, by an order under his or her hand, which order shall be filed with the recognizance, or recorded in the records of the institution, as the case may require. That order shall forever bar all remedy by civil action for the injury.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 173; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 26; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-8; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 19.
RI Gen L § 12-10-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts|Section 12-10-9 - Adjournment of trial or examination.

§ 12-10-9. Adjournment of trial or examination.The district court may adjourn any trial or examination pending before it, from time to time, not exceeding fourteen (14) days at any one time, except with the consent or at the request of the accused, and to the same or to a different place in the same division.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 167; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 50, § 20; G.L. 1959, § 12-10-9; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 19.
RI Gen L § 12-10-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts|Section 12-10-10 - Commitment or recognizance on adjournment.

§ 12-10-10. Commitment or recognizance on adjournment.In case of an adjournment, if the accused is charged with any offense not bailable by the district court, he or she shall, in the meantime, be committed to the adult correctional institutions; but if bailable, the accused may give recognizance in a sum and with surety or sureties to the satisfaction of the court for his or her appearance for further examination, and for want of recognizance may be committed to the institutions.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 168; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 21; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-10.
RI Gen L § 12-10-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-10 - Preliminary Proceedings in District Courts|Section 12-10-11 - Default on recognizance.

§ 12-10-11. Default on recognizance.If the person recognized shall not appear according to the condition of the recognizance, the district court shall record the default and certify the recognizance with the record of the default to the superior court for the same county.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 169; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-11.
RI Gen L § 12-11-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11 - County Grand Juries|Section 12-11-1 - Number of members.

§ 12-11-1. Number of members.The grand jury shall consist of not less than thirteen (13) nor more than twenty-three (23) persons. Whenever the attorney general shall by motion in writing make application to any justice of the superior court for a grand jury to consist of twenty-three (23) persons, the motion shall immediately be granted.History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, § 40; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, § 40; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 38; G.L., ch. 506, § 36; P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-11-1.
RI Gen L § 12-11-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11 - County Grand Juries|Section 12-11-2 - Attendance on court - Providence and Bristol counties.

§ 12-11-2. Attendance on court — Providence and Bristol counties.The grand jury shall attend the superior court at Providence for the counties of Providence and Bristol on the third Monday of September of each year; and on the first regular court day of every sixth week thereafter until the second Monday of July, unless at least ten (10) days prior to the day on which a grand jury is to commence its term the presiding justice orders in writing that a grand jury shall not be summoned for that term. However, the presiding justice or any other justice of the superior court may at the request of the attorney general in writing filed in the office of the clerk of the court of the county cause the grand jury in attendance on the superior court at Providence for the counties of Providence and Bristol to attend continuously for all or any part of its session in between the second Monday in September and the second Monday in July of the following year and also during all or any part of its vacation from the second Monday in July to the second Monday in September in each year, when in the discretion of the presiding justice or any other justice of the superior court for the counties it is for the public interest and the proper administration of justice to do so.History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 148, § 39; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, § 39; P.L. 1931, ch. 1774, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 35; P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3622, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3729, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 12-11-2; P.L. 1973, ch. 170, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 221, § 2.