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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-12-1.7 (2026)

Motion to dismiss information

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Within thirty (30) days after a defendant is served with a copy of an information charging him or her with an offense, he or she may move in the superior court to dismiss the information on the ground that the information and exhibits appended to it do not demonstrate the existence of probable cause to believe that the offense charged has been committed or that the defendant committed it. Upon the filing of the motion to dismiss the court shall schedule a hearing to be held within a reasonable time.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1978–2016 · leading case: State v. Fritz, 801 A.2d 679 (R.I. 2002).
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State v. Fritz, 801 A.2d 679 (R.I. 2002). · cites it 20× “1994) (per curiam); see G.L. 1956 § 12-12-1.7; [3] Super.R.Crim.P.”
State v. Jenison, 442 A.2d 866 (R.I. 1982). · cites it 3× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 12-12-1.7, 7 as enacted by P.L. 1974, ch.”
State v. Martini, 860 A.2d 689 (R.I. 2004). · cites it 4× “1994) and G.L.1956 § 12-12-1.7; Super.R.Crim.P. 9.1).”
State v. Young, 941 A.2d 124 (R.I. 2008). · cites it 6× “1 and G.L.1956 §§ 12-12-1.7 and 12-12-1.8. 7 Indeed, on the record before us, there is no suggestion that the trial justice even was aware Of Rule 9.”
State v. Mark Ceppi, 91 A.3d 320 (R.I. 2014). · cites it 5× “1 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure and G.L.1956 § 12-12-1.7. The criminal information at issue contained two counts, on both of which the defendant was eventually convicted; he posits that the criminal information package was not sufficient to establish probable…”
State v. Robert Beaudoin, 137 A.3d 717 (R.I. 2016). · cites it 2× “t Court Rule of Criminal Procedure 29; “(2) After hearing evidence, a ‘no true bill’ is returned by the grand jury; “(3) After consideration by an assistant or special assistant designated by the attorney general, a ‘no information’ based upon a lack of probable cause is…”
State v. Ouimette, 415 A.2d 1052 (R.I. 1980). “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 12-12-1.7 as enacted by P.L.1974, ch. 118, § 11.”
State v. Mann, 382 A.2d 1319 (R.I. 1978). “*722 At a hearing conducted pursuant to §12-12-1.7, defendant called as his only witness the keeper of records of the Department of Health.”
Pope v. State, 440 A.2d 719 (R.I. 1982). “General Laws 1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 12-12-1.7 provides that “Within ten (10) days after a defendant is served with a copy of an information charging him with an offense he may move in the superior court to dismiss the information on the ground that the information and…”
State v. Strom, 941 A.2d 837 (R.I. 2008). · cites it 3× “1994); see G.L.1956 §§ 12-12-1.7 and 12-12-1.8 (establishing the procedure by which and the grounds on which a defendant may move to dismiss a criminal information); see also Rule 9.”
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