R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-9-3: Attendance at general assembly and courts — Information on criminal matters.

The attorney general shall give his or her attendance at the general assembly, and at the supreme and superior courts, for the service thereof; and shall give unto those courts due advice and information concerning any criminal matters, breaches of the peace, or wrong done to the state or any of the citizens thereof, that shall come to the attorney general’s knowledge.