Rhode Island § 12-17-2 § 12-17-2. "Not guiltyâ€� plea inferred.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-17-2 — § 12-17-2. "Not guiltyâ€� plea inferred.

Rhode Island § 12-17-2

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-17Trial

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-17-2 (2026).

Text

§ 12-17-2. "Not guiltyâ€� plea inferred.
If any person on being arraigned for an offense shall stand mute or not answer directly,
            or shall peremptorily challenge a greater number of the persons summoned as jurors
            than he or she is by law entitled to challenge, the plea of "not guiltyâ€� shall be
            entered on the record, the supernumerary challenges shall be disregarded, and the
            trial shall proceed as if the prisoner had pleaded "not guiltyâ€� and as if he or she
            had not made the challenges.
         

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§ 12-17-2. "Not guiltyâ€� plea inferred.

If any person on being arraigned for an offense shall stand mute or not answer directly, or shall peremptorily challenge a greater number of the persons summoned as jurors than he or she is by law entitled to challenge, the plea of "not guiltyâ€� shall be entered on the record, the supernumerary challenges shall be disregarded, and the trial shall proceed as if the prisoner had pleaded "not guiltyâ€� and as if he or she had not made the challenges.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 15; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 12-17-2.