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RI Gen L § 12-11-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11 - County Grand Juries|Section 12-11-3 - Attendance on court - Newport, Kent, and Washington counties.

§ 12-11-3. Attendance on court — Newport, Kent, and Washington counties.(a) The grand jury shall attend the superior court:(1) At Newport, for the county of Newport, on the second Mondays of September and June and the fourth Mondays of November and March in each year, 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;(2) At Warwick or at any other place in the county of Kent that may be designated by the presiding justice, for the county of Kent, on the third Monday of September, the first Monday of December, the second Monday of April and the fourth Monday of June in each year, 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; and(3) At South Kingstown, for the county of Washington, on the first Mondays of October and April, the second Monday of December and the third Monday of June, 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.(b) 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 county cause any grand juries attending the superior court for any of those counties to attend continuously for all or any part of its session and also during all or any part of its vacation, when in the discretion of the presiding justice or any other justice of the superior court for the county it is for the public interest and the proper administration of justice to do so.History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, § 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, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-11-3; P.L. 1974, ch. 221, § 2; P.L. 1976, ch. 18, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-11-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11 - County Grand Juries|Section 12-11-3.1 - Additional county grand juries.

§ 12-11-3.1. Additional county grand juries.Whenever the attorney general shall make application in writing, the presiding justice may order the impaneling of additional county grand juries to attend the superior court at such places and for any time, but not to exceed six (6) months, that he or she directs, and the county grand juries may sit simultaneously.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 319, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-11-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11 - County Grand Juries|Section 12-11-4 - Repealed.

§ 12-11-4. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 12-11-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11 - County Grand Juries|Section 12-11-5 - Administration of oaths to witnesses.

§ 12-11-5. Administration of oaths to witnesses.The foreperson of every grand jury shall have full power and authority to administer all necessary oaths and affirmations to witnesses who shall be examined before the grand jury.History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, § 34; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, § 34; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 32; G.L., ch. 506, § 30; P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1956; § 12-11-5.
RI Gen L § 12-11.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|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 statewide grand jury shall consist of not less than thirteen (13) nor more than twenty-three (23) persons. The jurisdiction of a statewide grand jury shall extend throughout the state and it may investigate and return indictments for crimes committed any place within the state. A statewide grand jury shall in all other respects possess the usual powers and duties of county grand juries.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 221, § 4.
RI Gen L § 12-11.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11.1 - Statewide Grand Juries|Section 12-11.1-2 - Repealed.

§ 12-11.1-2. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 12-11.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11.1 - Statewide Grand Juries|Section 12-11.1-3 - Statewide grand juries - Impaneling.

§ 12-11.1-3. Statewide grand juries — Impaneling.Whenever the attorney general makes application in writing, the presiding justice shall order the impaneling of a statewide grand jury to attend the superior court at any places and for any period, not exceeding eighteen (18) months, that he or she directs. The attorney general may apply for the impaneling of as many statewide grand juries as he or she deems necessary.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 221, § 4; P.L. 1983, ch. 46, § 2.
RI Gen L § 12-11.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11.1 - Statewide Grand Juries|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 jury commissioner.A statewide grand jury shall be selected at random from the names of all prospective grand jurors appearing on current lists compiled pursuant to chapter 9 of title 9. In selecting the jurors, the jury commissioner shall select from each county a number of grand jurors which shall bear to the total number of grand jurors to be selected the same proportion as the current number of voters from the county bears to the total current number of voters for the state as a whole. For purposes of this section, Providence and Bristol counties shall be considered one county, and the size of the statewide grand jury shall be considered as twenty-three (23) members; provided, the actual size of the statewide grand jury shall conform to the provisions of § 12-11-1 and Rule 6(a) of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 221, § 4; P.L. 1977, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 324, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-11.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11.1 - Statewide Grand Juries|Section 12-11.1-5 - When county grand jury in attendance.

§ 12-11.1-5. When county grand jury in attendance.A statewide grand jury may attend the superior court and exercise all of its powers in a county even though a regular county grand jury is simultaneously in attendance in the county. The attendance of a statewide grand jury at the same time as a county grand jury shall not affect or diminish the powers of a county grand jury.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 221, § 4.
RI Gen L § 12-11.1-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-11.1 - Statewide Grand Juries|Section 12-11.1-5.1 - Unlawful grand jury disclosure.

§ 12-11.1-5.1. Unlawful grand jury disclosure.(a) Any person who, when being a grand juror, a public prosecutor, a grand jury stenographer, a grand jury interpreter, a police officer or a peace officer guarding a witness in a grand jury proceeding, or a clerk, attendant, warden or other public servant having official duties in or about a grand jury room or proceeding, or a public officer or public employee, obtains information in his or her official capacity and intentionally discloses, prior to the report of the grand jury on the matter, to another the nature or substance of any grand jury testimony, or any decision, result, or other matter attending a grand jury proceeding which is required by law to be kept secret, except in the proper discharge of his or her official duties or upon written order of the court shall be guilty of grand jury disclosure. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a witness from disclosing his or her own testimony.(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 277, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1 - Repealed.

§ 12-12-1. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.1 - Capital or life offenses.

§ 12-12-1.1. Capital or life offenses.An offense which may be punished by death shall be prosecuted by indictment. An offense which may be punished by a term of life imprisonment shall be prosecuted by indictment unless the defendant, with the consent of the attorney general and leave of the court, waives indictment, in which event it may be prosecuted by information.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.2 - Felonies - Less than capital or life, penalty.

§ 12-12-1.2. Felonies — Less than capital or life, penalty.Except for offenses punishable by death or by a term of life imprisonment or offenses arising in the land or naval forces or in the militia in actual service in time of war or public danger, an offense which may be punished by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year and/or by a fine exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) may be prosecuted by indictment or information signed by the attorney general or one of the attorney general's designated assistants.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11; P.L. 1986, ch. 318, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.3 - Lesser offenses, penalty.

§ 12-12-1.3. Lesser offenses, penalty.An offense which may be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) may be prosecuted by complaint.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11; P.L. 1986, ch. 269, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.4 - Contents of indictments, informations and complaints.

§ 12-12-1.4. Contents of indictments, informations and complaints.An indictment, information, or complaint shall be a plain, concise, and definite written statement of the offense charged. An indictment, information, or complaint which provides the defendant and the court with adequate notice of the offense being charged shall be sufficient if the offense is charged either:(1) By using the name given to the offense in terms of either the common law or by statute; or(2) By stating the definition of the offense in terms of substantially the same meaning.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.5 - Informations - Exhibits to be attached.

§ 12-12-1.5. Informations — Exhibits to be attached.When an offense is prosecuted by information, the attorney general shall attach to the information any exhibits, such as affidavits sworn to before the attorney general or one of his or her designated assistants, documents, photographs, recordings, or other materials or copies of them, upon which the attorney general relies to demonstrate the existence of probable cause to believe that the offense charged in the information has been committed and that the defendant committed it.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.6 - Defendant to receive copy of information.

§ 12-12-1.6. Defendant to receive copy of information.A copy of the information and all exhibits appended to it shall be served on the defendant promptly after it is filed with the clerk of the superior court.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.7 - Motion to dismiss information.

§ 12-12-1.7. Motion to dismiss information.Within thirty (30) days after a defendant is served with a copy of an information charging him or her with an offense, he or she may move in the superior court to dismiss the information on the ground that the information and exhibits appended to it do not demonstrate the existence of probable cause to believe that the offense charged has been committed or that the defendant committed it. Upon the filing of the motion to dismiss the court shall schedule a hearing to be held within a reasonable time.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11; P.L. 2008, ch. 226, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.8 - Hearing to determine probable cause.

§ 12-12-1.8. Hearing to determine probable cause.At the probable cause hearing the information and exhibits appended to it shall be before the court. The defendant may call witnesses and may introduce evidence bearing on the question of the existence of probable cause to charge him or her. The state may not call witnesses, introduce evidence, or otherwise supplement the exhibits appended to the information unless the court grants leave to do so.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.9 - Determining whether probable cause exists.

§ 12-12-1.9. Determining whether probable cause exists.After conducting the hearing the court shall determine from an examination of the information and exhibits appended to it, and in light of any evidence presented at the hearing, whether there exists probable cause to believe that the offense charged has been committed and that defendant committed it. A finding of the existence of probable cause may be based in whole or in part upon hearsay evidence or on evidence which may ultimately be ruled to be inadmissible at the trial.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.10 - Dismissal of information - Effect.

§ 12-12-1.10. Dismissal of information — Effect.If the court dismisses the information on the ground that the state has not demonstrated the existence of probable cause to believe that the offense charged has been committed or that defendant committed it the state may not after dismissal proceed against the defendant for the same offense, unless:(1) On appeal the order of dismissal is reversed; or(2) The court, upon motion of the state and a finding of mistake, inadvertence, surprise, excusable neglect, the discovery of new evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered at the time the hearing on probable cause was held, or any other reason justifying the relief, enters an order permitting the state to proceed against the defendant for the same offense.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-1.11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-1.11 - "Indictment" construed.

§ 12-12-1.11. "Indictment" construed.Whenever "indictment" appears in the general or public laws or in rules of court, it includes the expression "information filed by the attorney general or one of the attorney general's designated assistants," except where ascribing that meaning to the term "indictment" is inconsistent with the intent or the manner in which the term was used or otherwise is inappropriate.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-2 - Process in fictitious name or by description.

§ 12-12-2. Process in fictitious name or by description.In case the name of the person to be proceeded against is unknown, the indictment, information, complaint, warrant, or other criminal process may be found or issued against him or her by a fictitious name or by any description that the prosecutor or complainant may select, and the error or defect may be afterwards amended by the court.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, §§ 2, 3; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-2; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|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 or quashing.No indictment, information, complaint or criminal process shall be abated or quashed for any want of form, or because it omits to allege that the offense was committed or the act was done "feloniously," "burglariously," "willfully," "maliciously," or with "malice aforethought," "unlawfully," "negligently," or with "force and arms," or because it omits to characterize similarly the manner of the commission of the offense, or because it omits to allege the means by which the offense was committed or omits to allege the time and place of the commission of the offense, unless the description, characterization, means, time, or place is an essential element of the offense; provided, that it contains such allegation of the offense that the accused is informed of the nature and cause of the accusation.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 3, as enacted by P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 3; P.L. 1932, ch. 1954, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-3; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-4 - 12-12-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-4 - 12-12-9 - Repealed.

§ 12-12-4 — 12-12-9. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 12-12-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-10 - Variances of proof and immaterial mistakes.

§ 12-12-10. Variances of proof and immaterial mistakes.A defendant shall not be acquitted or discharged on the ground of variance between the allegation and proof if the essential elements of the crime are correctly stated in the indictment, information, or complaint, unless the defendant is prejudiced in his or her defense by the variance. The defendant shall not be acquitted or discharged by reason of an immaterial misnomer of a third party, by reason of an immaterial mistake in the description of the property or its ownership, by reason of failure to prove unnecessary allegations in the description of the crime, or by reason of any other immaterial mistake in the indictment, information, or complaint.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 4; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-10; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-11 - Conditions not required to be negated in allegations.

§ 12-12-11. Conditions not required to be negated in allegations.An excuse, exception, or proviso which is not stated in the enacting clause of a statute creating a crime, or which is stated only by reference to other provisions of the statute, need not be negated in the indictment, information, or complaint unless it is necessary for a complete definition of the crime. If a statute which creates a crime permits an act, which is declared to be criminal, to be performed without criminality under stated conditions, the conditions need not be negated.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 5; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-11; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-12 - Description of written instruments.

§ 12-12-12. Description of written instruments.If an allegation relative to a written instrument which consists wholly or in part of writing, print, or figures is necessary in any indictment, information, or complaint, the indictment, information, or complaint may describe the instrument by any name or designation by which it is usually known, or by its purport, without setting out a copy or facsimile of the whole or of any part; and no variance between the recital or description and the instrument produced at the trial shall be material if the identity of the instrument is evident and its purport is sufficiently described to prevent prejudice to the defendant.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 6; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-12; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-13 - Allegations as to form of money.

§ 12-12-13. Allegations as to form of money.If any allegation relative to any bullion, money, notes, bank notes, checks, drafts, bills of exchange, obligations, or other securities for money, of any country, state, county, city, town, bank, corporation, partnership, or person is necessary in any indictment, information, or complaint, the indictment, information, or complaint may describe it as money to a certain amount without specifying any particulars, and this descriptive allegation shall be sustained by proof of any amount of bullion, money, notes, or other securities for money, although its particular nature shall not be proved.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 7; P.L. 1915, ch. 1262, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-13; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
RI Gen L § 12-12-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-12 - Indictments, Informations and Complaints|Section 12-12-14 - Allegations as to statutory larceny.

§ 12-12-14. Allegations as to statutory larceny.In prosecutions under §§ 11-41-3, 11-41-4, and 11-41-11, it shall be sufficient to allege generally in the indictment, information, or complaint a stealing of money to a certain amount, or property of a certain value, without specifying any particulars of the stealing, and it shall be sufficient to maintain the charge in the indictment, information, or complaint, and it shall not be deemed a variance, if it is proved that any bullion, money, notes, bank notes, check, draft, bill of exchange, or other security or money, or other property of whatever amount, was stolen, embezzled, fraudulently appropriated, converted, or was obtained, received, taken or secreted by false pretenses or otherwise, with intent to cheat, defraud, embezzle, or fraudulently convert by the person prosecuted.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 8; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-14; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11; P.L. 1988, ch. 15, § 1.