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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-28-2 (2026)

Failure of officer to pay over fines, forfeitures, or penalties

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Every officer who shall receive any fines, forfeitures, or penalties shall immediately pay them into the proper office where by law they ought to be paid. Every judicial, executive, or ministerial officer who shall refuse or neglect for three (3) months to pay over any fine, forfeiture, or penalty or any part of which that may have come to his or her hands to the proper officer to whom by law they should be paid or delivered, shall be fined three (3) times the value or amount of the fine, forfeiture, or penalty that was withheld or not paid over.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2001–2010 · leading case: State v. Pacheco, 763 A.2d 971 (R.I. 2001).
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State v. Pacheco, 763 A.2d 971 (R.I. 2001). · cites it 2× “The defendant was found guilty on the same counts, but the jury in his case also found that several of the aggravating factors set forth in G.L.1956 § 11-28-2 were present. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied.”
State v. Graham, 941 A.2d 848 (R.I. 2008). “Murder for Hire After the jury found defendant guilty of murder, the state pursued its previous recommendation of a life sentence without the possibility of parole, under § 11-28-2(3). Section 11-23-2 says in relevant part: “Every person guilty of murder in the first degree…”
Page v. State, 995 A.2d 934 (R.I. 2010). “Gardiner was “committed in a manner involving torture or an aggravated battery to the victim * * Thus, § 11-28-2(4) is satisfied, requiring us next to decide whether to “ratify the imposition of the sentence of life imprisonment without parole or [to] reduce the sentence to life…”
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-28-2(3): 1 case
State v. Graham, 941 A.2d 848 (R.I. 2008). “Murder for Hire After the jury found defendant guilty of murder, the state pursued its previous recommendation of a life sentence without the possibility of parole, under § 11-28-2(3). Section 11-23-2 says in relevant part: “Every person guilty of murder in the first degree…”
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-28-2(4): 1 case
Page v. State, 995 A.2d 934 (R.I. 2010). “Gardiner was “committed in a manner involving torture or an aggravated battery to the victim * * Thus, § 11-28-2(4) is satisfied, requiring us next to decide whether to “ratify the imposition of the sentence of life imprisonment without parole or [to] reduce the sentence to life…”
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