It shall be the duty of the attorney general to procure and file for record in the
office of his or her department so far as the same can be procured, fingerprints,
plates, photos, outline pictures, descriptions, information, and measurements of all
persons who shall be or shall have been convicted of felony, or imprisoned for violating
any of the military, naval, or criminal laws of the United States or of any state,
and of all well-known and habitual criminals from wherever procurable. The attorney
general shall procure and keep on file in the office of the department, so far as
they can be procured, fingerprints, measurements, processes, operations, signalletic
cards, plates, photographs, outline pictures, measurements, and descriptions of any
person who shall have been or shall be confined in any penal institution of this state,
taken in accordance with the system of identification in use in any penal institution
of this state. The attorney general shall also keep on file in the office the reports
of lost, stolen, found, pledged, or pawned property required to be furnished to him
or her.
Notes of Decisions
State v. Linda A. Diamante, 83 A.3d 546 (R.I. 2014).
· cites it 5× “The defendant contends that § 12-1-7 is also in conflict with § 12 — 1—12.”
State v. Doris E. Poulin, 66 A.3d 419 (R.I. 2013).
· cites it 3× “We also are satisfied that our holding is not inconsistent with the state’s statutory duty to keep and maintain records of convictions in accordance with § 12-1-7 of the General Laws. 9 That enactment has no relevance to arrest records and certainly bears no relationship to…”
State v. Briggs, 934 A.2d 811 (R.I. 2007).
· cites it 2× “” G.L. 1956 § 12-1-7. The Legislature has provided for removal of such records through either “sealing” 8 or “expungement,” 9 provided that various explicit criteria are met.”
State v. Lead Indus., Ass'n, Inc., 951 A.2d 428 (R.I. 2008).
“1956 § 12-1-4 (creating a division of criminal identification in the department of the attorney general); § 12-1-7 (providing that the attorney general shall procure and file certain criminal identification records); § 12-1-8.”
State v. Manocchio, 743 A.2d 555 (R.I. 2000).
“First, the state points out that § 12-1-7 requires that the Attorney General maintain a record of information of “all persons who shall be or shall have been convicted of felony [sic], or imprisoned for violating any of the military, naval or criminal laws of the United States…”
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