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PROVIDENCE – A week after the state Supreme Court upheld the suppression of evidence in a 2018 police traffic stop case that led to firearms charges, the high court Thursday ruled a lower court ...
Rhode Island first banned the sale of cannabis without a prescription in 1918. [1]: 475 As of 2012, Rhode Island had some of the strictest mandatory minimums for large-scale cannabis possession in the United States. Possession of more than 5 kg results in a sentence of 20 years' imprisonment and fines of between $25,000 and $100,000.
More: RI courts expunge more than 23k pot cases under new legalization law. Between December and October, the sale of marijuana products from the state’s 60 or so licensed cultivators to the ...
Courts of Rhode Island include: State courts of Rhode Island. Rhode Island Supreme Court [1] Rhode Island Superior Courts [2] Rhode Island District Courts [3] Rhode Island Family Courts [4] Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Courts [5] Rhode Island Traffic Tribunals [6] Federal courts located in Rhode Island. United States District Court for ...
The Superior Court has original jurisdiction in all felony proceedings, civil matters with an amount in controversy in excess of $10,000, and all matters of equity.The Superior Court exercises concurrent jurisdiction in civil matters with an amount in controversy between $5,000 and $10,000 with the lower District Court (a court of limited jurisdiction), and also has concurrent jurisdiction ...
Months ago, state lawmakers there moved to roll back portions of that state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law after rampant public drug use during that state’s fentanyl crisis ...
The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, all selected by the Governor of Rhode Island from candidates vetted by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Each justice enjoys lifetime tenure and no mandatory retirement age, similar ...
PROVIDENCE – Illicit drug buyers beware: A study of Rhode Island's counterfeit oxycodone pills found that 99.3% were contaminated with fentanyl.