§ 12-10-1. Court open at all times. The district court shall be open at all times for the transaction of criminal business. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 149; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-10-1; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § […]
§ 12-10-10. Commitment or recognizance on adjournment. In case of an adjournment, if the accused is charged with any offense not bailable by the district court, he or she shall, in the meantime, be committed to the adult correctional institutions; but if bailable, the accused may give recognizance in a sum and with surety or […]
§ 12-10-11. Default on recognizance. If the person recognized shall not appear according to the condition of the recognizance, the district court shall record the default and certify the recognizance with the record of the default to the superior court for the same county. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 169; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § […]
§ 12-10-12. Filing of complaints. (a) Subject to any other provisions of law relative to the filing of complaints for particular crimes, any judge of the district court or superior court may place on file any complaint in a criminal case other than a complaint for the commission of a felony or a complaint against […]
§ 12-10-2. Powers of justices of the peace. (a)(1) The chief judge of the district court shall, from time to time, appoint, with power to revoke the appointments, from those qualified justices of the peace who shall be members of the bar of the state of Rhode Island within the cities and towns and divisions […]
§ 12-10-3. Recording and certification of appointments and revocations — Signature of warrants. Appointments and revocations shall be recorded in the records of the court and certified by the chief judge making them to the secretary of state, and the judge shall also issue to the justice or justices of the peace his or her […]
§ 12-10-4. Plea on offense beyond trial jurisdiction of district court. Whenever any person shall be brought before a district court upon a complaint charging him or her with an offense which is not within the jurisdiction of the court to try and determine, the court may, with the written consent of the attorney general […]
§ 12-10-5. Discharge of person charged with offense beyond trial jurisdiction of district court. Whenever any person shall be brought before any district court, charged with any offense which it has not jurisdiction to try and determine, and, after hearing all the evidence adduced in relation to it, it shall not appear to the district […]
§ 12-10-6. Recognizance or commitment on charge of offense beyond trial jurisdiction of district court. Whenever any person shall be brought before the district court upon a complaint charging him or her with an offense which is not within the jurisdiction of the court to try and determine, and it shall appear to the court […]
§ 12-10-7. Transmission of papers to superior court. Whenever a division of the district court, upon a criminal complaint, shall adjudge a defendant in any criminal complaint probably guilty of an offense, the complaint and all papers connected with it shall immediately be certified and be transmitted to the clerk of the superior court for […]
§ 12-10-8. Discharge of accused on acknowledgment of satisfaction by complainant. Whenever any person shall be committed to a correctional institution, or shall be under recognizance, to answer to a charge of assault or battery, or both, or for any threat of committing an offense against the person or property of another, if the person […]
§ 12-10-9. Adjournment of trial or examination. The district court may adjourn any trial or examination pending before it, from time to time, not exceeding fourteen (14) days at any one time, except with the consent or at the request of the accused, and to the same or to a different place in the same […]
