Rhode Island § 12-17-1 § 12-17-1. Trial in superior court only on indictment, information, or appeal — Venue.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-17-1 — § 12-17-1. Trial in superior court only on indictment, information, or appeal — Venue.

Rhode Island § 12-17-1

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-17Trial

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-17-1 (2026).

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§ 12-17-1. Trial in superior court only on indictment, information, or appeal — Venue.
No person shall be put on trial for any offense before the superior court except upon
            indictment found by a grand jury, or upon an information signed by the attorney general
            or one of the attorney general's designated assistants, or upon appeal from the sentence
            of a district court, and, unless otherwise provided by law, the trial shall be held
            before the superior court in the county in which the offense may lawfully be alleged
            to have been committed or shall have been committed and not elsewhere, but this provision
            and all other general and special provisions fix

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§ 12-17-1. Trial in superior court only on indictment, information, or appeal — Venue.

No person shall be put on trial for any offense before the superior court except upon indictment found by a grand jury, or upon an information signed by the attorney general or one of the attorney general's designated assistants, or upon appeal from the sentence of a district court, and, unless otherwise provided by law, the trial shall be held before the superior court in the county in which the offense may lawfully be alleged to have been committed or shall have been committed and not elsewhere, but this provision and all other general and special provisions fixing the venue of criminal actions shall be subject to the exception that proceedings by indictment, information, or on appeal for offenses alleged to have been committed or committed in the county of Bristol shall be had in the county of Providence.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 285, §§ 1, 7; C.P.A. 1905, §§ 1179, 1180; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, §§ 1, 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 31; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 12-17-1; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 13.