Rhode Island General Laws/Title 11/Chapter 11-25/Section 11-25-3

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-3. Fatal assault by maximum custodial inmate deemed murder.

In case the warden or any under-keeper or any other officer of a maximum custodial unit is killed in any assault by a prisoner, the killing shall be deemed to be a murder.

History

G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 15; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; P.L. 1956, § 11-25-3.

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