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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-26-2 (2026)

Kidnapping with intent to extort

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Whoever commits any of the offenses mentioned in this chapter with intent to extort money or other valuable thing shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for life or for any term not less than five (5) years.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2016 · leading case: State v. Ballard, 439 A.2d 1375 (R.I. 1982).
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State v. Ballard, 439 A.2d 1375 (R.I. 1982). · cites it 3× “For instance, at one point during his charge, the trial justice, after reading the pertinent language of the kidnapping-with-intent-to-extort statute (§ 11-26-2), stated: “Now, that is the pertinent language of the statute regarding kidnapping with intent to extort.”
State v. Ballard, 699 A.2d 14 (R.I. 1997). · cites it 2× “Nonetheless, for whatever limited value it may have in this ease, we note that Ballard’s kidnapping-with-intent-to-extort sentences not only were the severest that he could have possibly been given for those convictions, G.L.1956 § 11-26-2 (kidnapping with intent to extort…”
State v. Rodriguez, 917 A.2d 409 (R.I. 2007). · cites it 2× “See G.L.1956 § 11-26-2, which reads: "Kidnapping with intent to extort.”
In Re Advisory Opinion to the Governor, 421 A.2d 535 (R.I. 1980). “07(A) Kidnapping with intent to extort 5 years to life § 11-26-2 Sexual assault — 1st degree 10 years to life § 11-37-3 (1979 Cum.”
United States v. Collins, 221 F. Supp. 3d 249 (D.R.I. 2016). · cites it 2× “1988) (analyzing a conviction for escape as a custodial-unit inmate pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-26-2 and excluding the language about assault by an inmate).”
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