Rhode Island § 10-9-29 § 10-9-29. Rearrest of discharged person.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-9-29 — § 10-9-29. Rearrest of discharged person.

Rhode Island § 10-9-29

Title 10Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions

Ch. 10-9Habeas Corpus

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-9-29 (2026).

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§ 10-9-29. Rearrest of discharged person.
No person who has been discharged upon a writ of habeas corpus shall be again imprisoned
            or restrained for the same cause, unless he or she is indicted or charged by information
            therefor or convicted thereof, or committed for want of bail, by some court of record
            having jurisdiction of the cause, or unless, after a discharge for defect of proof
            or for some material in the commitment in a criminal case, he or she shall be again
            arrested on sufficient proof, and committed by legal process, for the same offense.
         

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§ 10-9-29. Rearrest of discharged person.

No person who has been discharged upon a writ of habeas corpus shall be again imprisoned or restrained for the same cause, unless he or she is indicted or charged by information therefor or convicted thereof, or committed for want of bail, by some court of record having jurisdiction of the cause, or unless, after a discharge for defect of proof or for some material in the commitment in a criminal case, he or she shall be again arrested on sufficient proof, and committed by legal process, for the same offense.