2020 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-9 Department of Attorney General
Section 42-9-12.1 Annual gun crimes law enforcement report.

§ 42-9-12.1. Annual gun crimes law enforcement report.

(a) The attorney general shall annually, on or before March 31, make a report in writing to the general assembly showing the transactions of the attorney general's office in relation to the enforcement of law with respect to crimes involving a gun during the prior year ending on December 31.

(b) The report shall show for each of the counties of the state the number of non-warranted indictments and information cases with respect to crimes involving a gun pending at the beginning of the year, and the number of warranted indictments and information cases with respect to crimes involving a gun pending at the beginning of the year, the number of indictments returned and informations filed in these cases during the year, the number of indictments and informations disposed of in these cases during the year:

(1) By jury trial;

(2) By jury waived trial;

(3) Without jury trial on plea of guilty or nolo contendere; and

(4) By a nol pros; and the number of non-warranted and warranted indictments and informations pending at the end of the year.

(c) The report shall also show the number of offenders in these cases punished by sentence or imprisonment, or by the payment of a fine, or by both fine and imprisonment, or by suspended or deferred sentence or probation, with the sentences and fines specified in each instance.

(d) The report shall be subdivided to show the sex of the offenders and the age of the offenders, arranged by decades. The report shall be compiled using statistics provided by the Rhode Island statewide judicial information system.

History of Section.
(P.L. 2018, ch. 319, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 347, § 1.)