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RI Gen L § 12-5.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-5.1 - Interception of Wire and Oral Communications|Section 12-5.1-12 - Suppression of evidence.

§ 12-5.1-12. Suppression of evidence.(a) Any aggrieved person may move to suppress the contents of any intercepted wire, electronic, or oral communication or evidence derived from them on the grounds that:(1) The communication was unlawfully intercepted;(2) The order under which it was intercepted is insufficient on its face;(3) The interception was not made in conformity with the order;(4) Service was not made as provided in § 12-5.1-11; or(5) The seal provided in § 12-5.1-8(b) is not present and there is no satisfactory explanation for its absence.(b) A motion under this section shall be made before the trial, unless there was no opportunity to make the motion or the person was not aware of the grounds of the motion. If the motion is granted, the contents of the intercepted wire, electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived from them, shall be treated as having been obtained in violation of this chapter. The judge, upon the filing of the motion by the aggrieved person, may in his or her discretion make available to the aggrieved person or the person's counsel for inspection any portions of the intercepted communication or evidence derived from them that the judge determines to be in the interests of justice.(c) If the motion shall be made before any court or judge other than the presiding justice of the superior court, the motion shall be transferred to the presiding justice of the superior court or to an associate justice of the superior court who shall be designated by the presiding justice, or by the associate justice in charge of the criminal calendar in Providence County whenever the presiding justice shall deem it necessary to disqualify himself or herself, for hearing and determination. No motion under this section shall be heard or determined by a district court in preliminary proceedings or otherwise.(d) In addition to any other right of appeal, the state, by the attorney general, shall have the right to appeal from an order allowing a motion to suppress made under this section. The appeal shall be taken within thirty (30) days after the date of allowance of the motion to suppress. If the motion to suppress is allowed prior to trial, the appeal shall be decided prior to trial. If the motion to suppress is allowed during trial and the attorney general shall claim an appeal, the evidence shall be admitted at trial, and the question of admissibility reserved for the supreme court.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 100, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 167, § 2.
RI Gen L § 12-5.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-5.1 - Interception of Wire and Oral Communications|Section 12-5.1-13 - Civil remedy.

§ 12-5.1-13. Civil remedy.(a) Any person whose wire, electronic, or oral communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses, or uses the communications, and shall be entitled to recover from that person:(1) Actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages, computed at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day of violation, or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is higher;(2) Punitive damages; and(3) Reasonable attorneys' fees and other litigation disbursements reasonably incurred.(b) Good faith reliance on a court order issued under this chapter shall constitute a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought under this section or any other law. Any communications common carrier and its employees shall be deemed to have acted in good faith upon receipt of a certified copy of the court order issued under this chapter and the representations of the attorney general or an assistant attorney general specially designated by the attorney general.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 121, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 167, § 2.
RI Gen L § 12-5.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-5.1 - Interception of Wire and Oral Communications|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.(a) On the second Friday of January, of each year, the attorney general shall submit a report to the general assembly stating the number of applications made for orders during the previous year and the number of orders issued. In addition, the report shall provide, for each wiretap order and renewal:(1) A breakdown of the effective period of the wiretap;(2) The designation of the offenses for which the wiretap was sought;(3) The number of interceptions made by the wiretap during the reported year;(4) An indication whether any indictments were obtained as a result of those intercepts; (5) An indication, if any motions to suppress were made, whether the motions were granted; and(6) The prosecutorial results, if any, of the wiretap, including the criminal sentences imposed on any individual who pleads or is convicted of a crime in which wiretaps were instituted.(b) If the wiretap order is a renewal from a previous year, or a case is closed in which a wiretap order had been previously obtained, the report shall list with the information provided in subsection (a) of this section a separate breakdown of the information for prior years. The report shall not include any information of wiretaps which remain in operation at the time the report is filed. This report shall be a public document. The report shall also include the number of pen registers and trap and trace devices authorized.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 236, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 283, § 2.
RI Gen L § 12-5.1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-5.1 - Interception of Wire and Oral Communications|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.Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, any court to which an application is made in accordance with this chapter may take any evidence, make any finding, or issue any order required to conform the proceedings or the issuance of any order of authorization or approval as provided in this chapter to the provisions of the Constitution of the United States or of any law of the United States.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-5.1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-5.1 - Interception of Wire and Oral Communications|Section 12-5.1-16 - Severability.

§ 12-5.1-16. 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 provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-5.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|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 offense" means the offenses of:(i) Murder, robbery, kidnapping, extortion, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault with intent to rob or murder;(ii) Arson in the first degree, arson in the second degree, or arson in the third degree;(iii) Bribery; larceny involving the receipt of stolen property of a value of more than five hundred dollars ($500);(iv) Any violation of chapter 28 of title 21 where the offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year;(v) Any violation of chapters 19, 47, or 51 of title 11, where the offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year;(vi) The lending of money at a rate of interest in violation of law; and(vii) Conspiracy to commit any of the offenses provided in this subdivision;(2) "Pen register" means a device which records or decodes electronic or other impulses which identify the numbers dialed or otherwise transmitted on the telephone line to which the device is attached, but does not include any device used by a provider or customer of a wire or electronic communication service for billing, or recording as an incident to billing, for communications services provided by the provider or any device used by a provider or customer of a wire communication service for cost accounting or other like purposes in the ordinary course of its business;(3) "Trap and trace device" means a device which captures the incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating number of an instrument or device from which a wire or electronic communication was transmitted;(4) "Wire communications" has the meaning set forth in § 12-5.1-1.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 283, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-5.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-5.2 - Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices|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 or a trap and trace device.(a) (1) The attorney general or an assistant attorney general designated by the attorney general may make application for an order or an extension of an order pursuant to the provisions of § 12-5.2-3 authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device under this chapter, in writing under oath or equivalent affirmation, to the presiding justice of the superior court or his or her designee in order to obtain information regarding a designated offense.(2) Any law enforcement officer set forth in § 12-5-3 may make application for an order or an extension of an order under § 12-5.2-3 authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device under this chapter, in writing under oath or equivalent affirmation to the presiding justice of the superior court or his or her designee.(b) An application pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include:(1) The identity of the attorney general, assistant attorney general, or the law enforcement officer making the application and the identity of the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation; and(2) A certification by the applicant that the information likely to be obtained is relevant and necessary to an ongoing criminal investigation, that other investigative procedures have been or are being initiated or conducted, and that the request for the issuance of the pen register and/or trap and trace device is necessary to further an ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by that agency.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 283, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-5.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-5.2 - Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices|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 or a trap and trace device.(a) (1) Upon an application made pursuant to § 12-5.2-2, the court shall enter an ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device if the court is reasonably satisfied that the information likely to be obtained by the installation and use is relevant and necessary to further an ongoing criminal investigation and that use of a pen register or trap and trace device is the least intrusive way to obtain the information sought.(2) An order issued under this section shall specify:(i) The identity, if known, of the person to whom is leased or in whose name is listed the telephone line to which the pen register or trap and trace device is to be attached;(ii) The identity of the person who is the subject of the criminal investigation;(iii) The number and physical location of the telephone line to which the pen register or trap and trace device is to be attached and, in the case if a trap and trace device, the geographic limits of the trap and trace order;(iv) A statement of the offense to which the information likely to be obtained by the pen register or trap and trace device is relevant; and(v) Shall direct, upon the request of the applicant, the furnishing of information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation of the pen register or trap and trace device under § 12-5.2-4.(b) An order issued pursuant to this section shall authorize the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days.(c) Extensions of the order may be granted only upon an application for an order pursuant to § 12-5.2-2, and upon the judicial finding required by subdivision (a)(1) of this section. The period of extension shall be a period not to exceed sixty (60) days.(d) An order authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device shall direct that:(1) The order is sealed until otherwise ordered by the court; and(2) The person owning or leasing the line to which the pen register or a trap and trace device is attached, or who has been ordered by the court to provide assistance to the applicant, not disclose the existence of the pen register or trap and trace device or the existence of the investigation to the listed subscriber, or to any other person, unless or until otherwise ordered by the court.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 283, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-5.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-5.2 - Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices|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 or a trap and trace device.(a) Upon the request of the attorney general, assistant attorney general, or law enforcement officer authorized to install and use a pen register under this chapter, a provider of wire communication service shall immediately furnish the attorney general, assistant attorney general, or law enforcement officer all information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation of the pen register unobtrusively, and with a minimum of interference with the services that the person so ordered by the court accords the party with respect to whom the installation and use is to take place, if the assistance is directed by a court order as provided in § 12-5.2-3.(b) Upon the request of the attorney general, assistant attorney general, or an officer of a law enforcement agency authorized to receive the results of a trap and trace device under this chapter, a provider of a wire communication service shall immediately install the device on the appropriate line and shall furnish the investigative or law enforcement officer all additional information, facilities, and technical assistance including installation and operation of the device unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with the services that the person so ordered by the court accords the party with respect to whom the installation and use is to take place, if the installation and assistance is directed by a court order as provided in § 12-5.2-3. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the results of the trap and trace device shall be furnished to the attorney general, assistant attorney general, or officer of a law enforcement agency, designated by the court, at reasonable intervals during regular business hours for the duration of the order.(c) A provider of a wire communication service who furnishes facilities or technical assistance pursuant to this section shall be reasonably compensated for reasonable expenses incurred in providing these facilities and assistance.(d) No cause of action shall lie in any court against any provider of a wire communication service, its officers, employees, or agents, or other specified persons for providing information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with the terms of a court order under this chapter.(e) Good faith reliance on a court order, a legislative authorization, or a statutory authorization shall be an absolute defense against any civil or criminal action brought pursuant to this chapter or any other law.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 283, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-5.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-5.2 - Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices|Section 12-5.2-5 - Severability.

§ 12-5.2-5. 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 provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 283, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|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 any complaint shall be made to any judge of the district court, or to any justice of the peace authorized to issue warrants within a division of the district court, of the commission of any offense within the division, he or she shall examine the complainant under oath or affirmation and require the complainant's statements to be reduced to writing and be subscribed and sworn to by the person or persons making them.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 158; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 12-6-1; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 17; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 15.
RI Gen L § 12-6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-6 - Warrants for Arrest|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 of district court.Whenever any complaint shall allege the commission of any offense within the jurisdiction of the district court to try and determine, the judge or justice of the peace shall require the complainant, unless he or she is exempted by law, to enter into a like recognizance as is required when complaint is made for any threat.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 159; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 12-6-2; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 17.
RI Gen L § 12-6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-6 - Warrants for Arrest|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 of district court.The judge or justice of the peace may, in all cases of complaint to any of them of the commission of any crime or offense which the district court has not jurisdiction to try and determine, before issuing any warrant on the complaint, require of the complainant surety for costs, as is required in cases which the court has jurisdiction to try and determine.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 160; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 12-6-3; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 17.
RI Gen L § 12-6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-6 - Warrants for Arrest|Section 12-6-4 - Issuance of warrant.

§ 12-6-4. Issuance of warrant.Upon the giving of a recognizance with surety, in the case where surety is required, and upon the giving of a recognizance without surety, where no surety is required, and upon the making of a complaint only where no recognizance is required, the judge or justice of the peace, if in his or her opinion there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that defendant has committed it, shall immediately issue his or her warrant.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 161; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 12-6-4; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 15.
RI Gen L § 12-6-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-6 - Warrants for Arrest|Section 12-6-5 - Recognizance not required on official complaints.

§ 12-6-5. Recognizance not required on official complaints.Whenever any agent of the children's friend and service shall make complaint against any person for any of the offenses mentioned in §§ 11-9-1 — 11-9-8; or whenever any agent of the Rhode Island society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shall make any complaint against any person for any of the offenses mentioned in chapter 1 of title 4; or whenever the director of public welfare of any city or town shall make complaint against any person for the violation of any of the provisions contained in chapter 8 of title 15; or whenever the director or an agent of the department of labor and training, specifically designated for the purpose, shall make a complaint against any person for any of the offenses mentioned in chapters 3, 12, 14 and chapters 29 — 38 of title 28; or whenever the director or an agent of the department of human services, duly appointed for that purpose, or the director of any state institution appointed by the director of human services, or the superintendent of the Rhode Island training school for youth, or the warden of the adult correctional institutions shall make complaint against any person under any law governing the state department of human services, that director, agent, or officer shall not be required to enter into recognizance for costs.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 162; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 15; P.L. 1930, ch. 1569, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 15; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; impl. am. P.L. 1946, ch. 1774, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. P.L. 1950, ch. 2416, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-6-5; P.L. 1986, ch. 373, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 101, § 6; P.L. 1994, ch. 401, § 7.
RI Gen L § 12-6-6.1 - 12-6-6.14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-6 - Warrants for Arrest|Section 12-6-6.1 - 12-6-6.14 - [Superseded.]

§ 12-6-6.1 — 12-6-6.14. [Superseded.]
RI Gen L § 12-6-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-6 - Warrants for Arrest|Section 12-6-7 - Warrants issued to other divisions.

§ 12-6-7. Warrants issued to other divisions.Whenever any judge of the district court, or any justice of the peace, shall issue his or her warrant against any person charged with an offense committed in a division of the district court, and the person so charged shall escape into, reside, or be in any other county than the one in which the division is, the judge or justice of the peace may direct his or her warrant to each and all deputy sheriffs, city or town sergeants, and town constables within the state, requiring them to apprehend the person and bring him or her before the division of the district court having jurisdiction of the offense, to be dealt with according to law; the officers shall obey and execute the warrant, and be protected from obstruction and assault in executing the warrant as in service of other process.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 174; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 12-6-7; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 17; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 43; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 21; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 21.