{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-7-10","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-7-10","heading":"Resisting legal or illegal arrest.","body":"(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use force or any weapon in resisting a legal or an illegal arrest by a peace officer, if the person has reasonable ground to believe that he or she is being arrested and that the arrest is being made by a peace officer.\n(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.","path":["Title 12 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 7 Arrest"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE12/12-7/12-7-10.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:24Z","sha256":"0dd097e18eadc2db55eb8cc5c04a5144704b4326ccb43e709969937cd6456a5d","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-7-9","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-7-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}