Title 12 · RI
Title 12Criminal Procedure
Citation: R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-17-2
Section: 12-17-2
Title 12Criminal Procedure
Chapter 17Trial
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-17-2
§ 12-17-2. âNot guiltyâ plea inferred.
If any person on being arraigned for an offense shall stand mute or not answer directly, or shall peremptorily challenge a greater number of the persons summoned as jurors than he or she is by law entitled to challenge, the plea of ânot guiltyâ shall be entered on the record, the supernumerary challenges shall be disregarded, and the trial shall proceed as if the prisoner had pleaded ânot guiltyâ and as if he or she had not made the challenges.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 15; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 12-17-2.