Rhode Island § 11-32-3 § 11-32-3. Obstruction of the judicial system.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-32-3 — § 11-32-3. Obstruction of the judicial system.

Rhode Island § 11-32-3

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-32Obstructing Justice

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-32-3 (2026).

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§ 11-32-3. Obstruction of the judicial system.
Whoever corruptly, maliciously, recklessly, by threats or force, or by any threatening
            letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any grand or
            petit juror or officer in or of any court of this state or officer who may be serving
            at any examination or other proceeding before any justice, magistrate, or other officer
            of the court, in the discharge of his or her duty; or injures any party on his or
            her person or property on account of his or her attending or having attended such
            court or examination before such justice, magistrate, or other officer, or on account
            of 

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§ 11-32-3. Obstruction of the judicial system.

Whoever corruptly, maliciously, recklessly, by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any grand or petit juror or officer in or of any court of this state or officer who may be serving at any examination or other proceeding before any justice, magistrate, or other officer of the court, in the discharge of his or her duty; or injures any party on his or her person or property on account of his or her attending or having attended such court or examination before such justice, magistrate, or other officer, or on account of his or her testifying or having testified to any matter pending in it; or injures any grand or petit juror in his or her person or property on account of any verdict or indictment assented to by him or her, or on account of being or having been a juror, or injures any justice, magistrate, or other officer in his or her person or property on account of the performance of his or her official duties; or corruptly, maliciously, recklessly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice; shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both.