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2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12-17 - Trial
Chapter 12-17-10 - Defendant's spouse as witness.
RI Gen L § 12-17-10 (2012) What's This?
§ 12-17-10 Defendant's spouse as witness. – The husband or wife of any respondent in a criminal prosecution, offering himself or herself as a witness, shall not be excluded from testifying because he or she is the husband or wife of the respondent.
History of Section.
(C.P.A. 1905, § 397; G.L. 1909, ch. 292, § 45; G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 45; G.L. 1938, ch. 537, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 12-17-10.)
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