Rhode Island § 12-11.1-5.1 § 12-11.1-5.1. Unlawful grand jury disclosure.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-11.1-5.1 — § 12-11.1-5.1. Unlawful grand jury disclosure.

Rhode Island § 12-11.1-5.1

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-11.1Statewide Grand Juries

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-11.1-5.1 (2026).

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§ 12-11.1-5.1. Unlawful grand jury disclosure.
(a) Any person who, when being a grand juror, a public prosecutor, a grand jury stenographer,
            a grand jury interpreter, a police officer or a peace officer guarding a witness in
            a grand jury proceeding, or a clerk, attendant, warden or other public servant having
            official duties in or about a grand jury room or proceeding, or a public officer or
            public employee, obtains information in his or her official capacity and intentionally
            discloses, prior to the report of the grand jury on the matter, to another the nature
            or substance of any grand jury testimony, or any decision, result, or other matter

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§ 12-11.1-5.1. Unlawful grand jury disclosure.

(a) Any person who, when being a grand juror, a public prosecutor, a grand jury stenographer, a grand jury interpreter, a police officer or a peace officer guarding a witness in a grand jury proceeding, or a clerk, attendant, warden or other public servant having official duties in or about a grand jury room or proceeding, or a public officer or public employee, obtains information in his or her official capacity and intentionally discloses, prior to the report of the grand jury on the matter, to another the nature or substance of any grand jury testimony, or any decision, result, or other matter attending a grand jury proceeding which is required by law to be kept secret, except in the proper discharge of his or her official duties or upon written order of the court shall be guilty of grand jury disclosure. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a witness from disclosing his or her own testimony.

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.