2018 -- H 7267

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE - DUELING AND FIGHTING

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Canario, Filippi, Maldonado, and Hull

     Date Introduced: January 24, 2018

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 11-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-12 entitled "Dueling

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and Fighting" is hereby repealed.

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     11-12-3. Duel without state resulting in death within state.

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     Every person, being an inhabitant of or resident in this state, who shall fight a duel

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outside the jurisdiction of this state, by previous appointment or engagement made within this

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state, and in the duel shall inflict a mortal wound upon any person of which the person so injured

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shall afterwards die within this state, shall be deemed to be guilty of murder within this state and

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may be indicted or charged by information, tried, convicted and sentenced in the county in which

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the death shall happen.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSE - DUELING AND FIGHTING

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     This act would repeal ยง 11-12-3 of the general laws that prohibits a Rhode Island resident

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from engaging in a duel outside the state that results in a mortal wound.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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