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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Lima, Cardillo, Noret, Costantino, Chippendale, and | |
Date Introduced: March 05, 2024 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 11-8 of the General Laws entitled "Burglary and Breaking and |
2 | Entering" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 11-8-4.1. Smash and grab prohibited. |
4 | (a) The concerted action by at least two (2) or more people who, acting together, break and |
5 | enter or ransack or smash doors or windows of any retail establishment in order to steal and remove |
6 | from the premises, retail items, shall be imprisoned for two (2) years, and shall not be afforded the |
7 | benefit of suspension or deferment of sentence nor of probation. |
8 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING | |
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1 | This act would create a mandatory jail sentence of two (2) years for two (2) or more people |
2 | who break and enter, ransack or smash doors or windows of any retail establishment in order to |
3 | steal and remove from the premises retail items. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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