§ 42-9-12 - Annual law enforcement report.
SECTION 42-9-12
§ 42-9-12 Annual law enforcement report.– (a) The attorney general shall annually on or before the thirtieth (30th) dayof June make a report in writing to the governor showing the transactions ofhis or her office in relation to the enforcement of law during the prior yearending on the thirty-first (31st) day of December.
(b) The report shall show for each of the counties of thestate the number of non-warranted indictments and information cases pending atthe beginning of the year, and the number of warranted indictments andinformation cases pending at the beginning of the year, the number ofindictments returned and informations filed during the year, the number ofindictments and informations disposed of during the year:
(1) By jury trial;
(2) By jury waived trial;
(3) Without jury trial on plea of guilty or nolo; and
(4) By a nol pros; and the number of non-warranted andwarranted indictments and informations pending at the end of the year.
(c) The report shall also show, in regard to appeals from theseveral district courts to the superior court in cases of violation of law, thenumber of non-warranted appeals pending at the beginning of the year, and thenumber of warranted appeals pending at the beginning of the year, the numbertaken during the year, the number disposed of during the year:
(1) By jury trial;
(2) By jury-waived trial;
(3) Without jury trial on plea of guilty or nolo; and
(4) Or by a discontinuance; and the number of non-warrantedand warranted appeals pending at the close of the year.
(d) The report shall also show the number of offenderspunished by sentence or imprisonment, or by the payment of a fine, or by bothfine and imprisonment, or by suspended or deferred sentence or probation.
(e) The report shall be subdivided to show the sex of theoffenders and the age of the offenders, arranged by decades. The report shallbe compiled using statistics provided by the Rhode Island statewide judicialinformation system.