Rhode Island § 12-22-1 § 12-22-1. Right to appeal from district to superior court.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-22-1 — § 12-22-1. Right to appeal from district to superior court.

Rhode Island § 12-22-1

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-22Appeals in Criminal Cases

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-22-1 (2026).

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§ 12-22-1. Right to appeal from district to superior court.
Every person aggrieved by the sentence of the district court for any offense other
            than a violation may, within five (5) days after the sentence, appeal from the district
            court to the superior court for the county in which the division of the district court
            is situated, by claiming an appeal in the court or in the office of the clerk of the
            court appealed from or at any of the penal institutions of the state, before any justice
            of the supreme or superior court, or before a justice or clerk of the court appealed
            from, or before any of the persons authorized to take bail at the penal institut

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§ 12-22-1. Right to appeal from district to superior court.

Every person aggrieved by the sentence of the district court for any offense other than a violation may, within five (5) days after the sentence, appeal from the district court to the superior court for the county in which the division of the district court is situated, by claiming an appeal in the court or in the office of the clerk of the court appealed from or at any of the penal institutions of the state, before any justice of the supreme or superior court, or before a justice or clerk of the court appealed from, or before any of the persons authorized to take bail at the penal institutions.

Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 461; G.L. 1909, ch. 296, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 346, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 630, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-22-1; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 29; P.L. 1976, ch. 173, § 5.