Rhode Island § 12-12-2 § 12-12-2. Process in fictitious name or by description.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-12-2 — § 12-12-2. Process in fictitious name or by description.

Rhode Island § 12-12-2

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-12Indictments, Informations and Complaints

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-12-2 (2026).

Text

§ 12-12-2. Process in fictitious name or by description.
In case the name of the person to be proceeded against is unknown, the indictment,
            information, complaint, warrant, or other criminal process may be found or issued
            against him or her by a fictitious name or by any description that the prosecutor
            or complainant may select, and the error or defect may be afterwards amended by the
            court.
         

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§ 12-12-2. Process in fictitious name or by description.

In case the name of the person to be proceeded against is unknown, the indictment, information, complaint, warrant, or other criminal process may be found or issued against him or her by a fictitious name or by any description that the prosecutor or complainant may select, and the error or defect may be afterwards amended by the court.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, §§ 2, 3; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-2; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.