{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-9-17","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-9-17","heading":"Arrest without warrant.","body":"The arrest of a person may also be lawfully made by any peace officer or a private person without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested, the accused must be taken before a judge with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him or her under oath, setting forth the ground for the arrest as in § 12-9-16; and thereafter after that his or her answer shall be heard as if he or she had been arrested on a warrant.","path":["Title 12 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 9 Extradition"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE12/12-9/12-9-17.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:24Z","sha256":"a20eecd566b9a6bed610d61f6d9300d45307173c673bb7dbcf29c02e9138a16c","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-9-16","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-9-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}