Rhode Island § 12-3-1 § 12-3-1. Offenses triable by district court.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-3-1 — § 12-3-1. Offenses triable by district court.

Rhode Island § 12-3-1

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-3Jurisdiction and Venue of Offenses

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-3-1 (2026).

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§ 12-3-1. Offenses triable by district court.
The district court shall have jurisdiction and cognizance of all crimes which are
            not expressly designated as felonies, offenses, misdemeanors, and violations, including
            offenses against town or city ordinances, if no special court exists or is created
            by charter or law for that purpose, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand
            dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, and of all other
            criminal matters which are or shall be declared specially to be within the jurisdiction
            of the court by the laws of the state, which shall legally be brought before the court,
            

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§ 12-3-1. Offenses triable by district court.

The district court shall have jurisdiction and cognizance of all crimes which are not expressly designated as felonies, offenses, misdemeanors, and violations, including offenses against town or city ordinances, if no special court exists or is created by charter or law for that purpose, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, and of all other criminal matters which are or shall be declared specially to be within the jurisdiction of the court by the laws of the state, which shall legally be brought before the court, with power to try, render judgment, pass sentence, and award a warrant for execution of the sentence.

Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 150; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-3-1; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 14; P.L. 1976, ch. 173, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 462, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 200, § 1.