Rhode Island § 12-17-13 § 12-17-13. Jury ordered not to separate.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-17-13 — § 12-17-13. Jury ordered not to separate.

Rhode Island § 12-17-13

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-17Trial

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-17-13 (2026).

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§ 12-17-13. Jury ordered not to separate.
Upon motion of the attorney general or of the attorney for the defendant in a criminal
            case, the court may, in its discretion, order that the jury impaneled and sworn to
            serve shall not be permitted to separate until discharged according to law from the
            further consideration of the case; provided, notwithstanding the provisions of § 8-7-2, whenever a criminal trial shall have been opened to a jury, the trial shall continue
            to its conclusion; and provided, further, that the jurors shall receive double pay.
            Sheriffs assigned to juries subject to an order not to separate shall receive double
            pay.
         

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§ 12-17-13. Jury ordered not to separate.

Upon motion of the attorney general or of the attorney for the defendant in a criminal case, the court may, in its discretion, order that the jury impaneled and sworn to serve shall not be permitted to separate until discharged according to law from the further consideration of the case; provided, notwithstanding the provisions of § 8-7-2, whenever a criminal trial shall have been opened to a jury, the trial shall continue to its conclusion; and provided, further, that the jurors shall receive double pay. Sheriffs assigned to juries subject to an order not to separate shall receive double pay.

Legislative History

P.L. 1920, ch. 1948, § 38; G.L. 1923, ch. 329, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 36; G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 34; P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2333, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-17-13.