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SECTION 12-17-1

§ 12-17-1 Trial in superior court only onindictment, information, or appeal – Venue. – No person shall be put on trial for any offense before the superior courtexcept upon indictment found by a grand jury, or upon an information signed bythe attorney general or one of the attorney general's designated assistants, orupon appeal from the sentence of a district court, and, unless otherwiseprovided by law, the trial shall be held before the superior court in thecounty in which the offense may lawfully be alleged to have been committed orshall have been committed and not elsewhere, but this provision and all othergeneral and special provisions fixing the venue of criminal actions shall besubject to the exception that proceedings by indictment, information, or onappeal for offenses alleged to have been committed or committed in the countyof Bristol shall be had in the county of Providence.

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SECTION 12-17-1

§ 12-17-1 Trial in superior court only onindictment, information, or appeal – Venue. – No person shall be put on trial for any offense before the superior courtexcept upon indictment found by a grand jury, or upon an information signed bythe attorney general or one of the attorney general's designated assistants, orupon appeal from the sentence of a district court, and, unless otherwiseprovided by law, the trial shall be held before the superior court in thecounty in which the offense may lawfully be alleged to have been committed orshall have been committed and not elsewhere, but this provision and all othergeneral and special provisions fixing the venue of criminal actions shall besubject to the exception that proceedings by indictment, information, or onappeal for offenses alleged to have been committed or committed in the countyof Bristol shall be had in the county of Providence.

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SECTION 12-17-1

§ 12-17-1 Trial in superior court only onindictment, information, or appeal – Venue. – No person shall be put on trial for any offense before the superior courtexcept upon indictment found by a grand jury, or upon an information signed bythe attorney general or one of the attorney general's designated assistants, orupon appeal from the sentence of a district court, and, unless otherwiseprovided by law, the trial shall be held before the superior court in thecounty in which the offense may lawfully be alleged to have been committed orshall have been committed and not elsewhere, but this provision and all othergeneral and special provisions fixing the venue of criminal actions shall besubject to the exception that proceedings by indictment, information, or onappeal for offenses alleged to have been committed or committed in the countyof Bristol shall be had in the county of Providence.