Rhode Island § 10-9-1 § 10-9-1. General right to writ.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-9-1 — § 10-9-1. General right to writ.

Rhode Island·Title 10 Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions·Ch. 10-9 Habeas Corpus

§ 10-9-1. General right to writ.
Every person imprisoned in any correctional institution or otherwise restrained of
            his or her liberty, other than persons imprisoned or restrained pursuant to a final
            judgment entered in a criminal proceeding, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus,
            according to the provisions of this chapter, to obtain relief from the imprisonment
            or restraint, if it shall prove to be unlawful.
         

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§ 10-9-1. General right to writ.

Every person imprisoned in any correctional institution or otherwise restrained of his or her liberty, other than persons imprisoned or restrained pursuant to a final judgment entered in a criminal proceeding, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus, according to the provisions of this chapter, to obtain relief from the imprisonment or restraint, if it shall prove to be unlawful.

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Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 652; G.L. 1909, ch. 305, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 356, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 584, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-9-1; P.L. 1974, ch. 220, § 1.