(a)  Under such regulations as may be prescribed under this code, a person subject to this code who is accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, and upon direction of the governor so to do, to the civil authority for trial.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-14

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Military: refers to any or all of the armed forces;
    (15) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, or a provost court;
    (16) "Officer" means commissioned or warrant officer;
    (17) "Rank" means the order of precedence among members of the state military forces;
    (18) "Shall" is used in an imperative sense;
    (19) "State judge advocate" means the commissioned officer on the staff of the adjutant general responsible for supervising military justice in the state military forces;
    (20) "State military forces" means the national guard of the state, as defined in 32 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

(b)  When delivery under this section is made to any civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, and the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial, the offender, after having answered to the civil authorities for his or her offense, shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to military custody for the completion of his or her sentence.

History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-14; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.