Title 11 · RI
Title 11Criminal Offenses
Citation: R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-3
Section: 11-25-3
Title 11Criminal Offenses
Chapter 25Jails and Prisons
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-3
§ 11-25-3. Fatal assault by maximum custodial inmate deemed murder.
In case the warden or any under-keeper or any other officer of a maximum custodial unit is killed in any assault by a prisoner, the killing shall be deemed to be a murder.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 15; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; P.L. 1956, § 11-25-3.