Rhode Island § 10-9-32 § 10-9-32. Judicial power to bring in criminal defendants and witnesses.

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§ 10-9-32 — § 10-9-32. Judicial power to bring in criminal defendants and witnesses.

Rhode Island § 10-9-32

Title 10Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions

Ch. 10-9Habeas Corpus

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-9-32 (2026).

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§ 10-9-32. Judicial power to bring in criminal defendants and witnesses.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to restrain the power of
            any court to issue a writ of habeas corpus, whenever necessary to bring before them
            any prisoner for trial, in any criminal case lawfully pending in the same court, or
            to bring in any prisoner to be examined as a witness in any suit or proceeding, civil
            or criminal, pending in the court, whenever they shall think the personal attendance
            and examination of the witness necessary for the attainment of justice.
         

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§ 10-9-32. Judicial power to bring in criminal defendants and witnesses.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to restrain the power of any court to issue a writ of habeas corpus, whenever necessary to bring before them any prisoner for trial, in any criminal case lawfully pending in the same court, or to bring in any prisoner to be examined as a witness in any suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending in the court, whenever they shall think the personal attendance and examination of the witness necessary for the attainment of justice.