Rhode Island General Laws 12-25.1-9. Legal expenses of criminally responsible person
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the general treasurer shall make payments from the portion of the criminal royalties fund attributable to a criminally responsible person to that person upon order of the court after a showing that the monies shall be used exclusively for the purpose of retaining legal representation at any stage of the criminal proceedings against the person with respect to the events or conduct being the subject of the commercial exploitation giving rise to the monies paid to or recovered by the criminal royalties fund; provided, that the total of all payments made pursuant to this section shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total monies in the applicable portion of the criminal royalties fund.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 328, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 12-25.1-9
- Commercial exploitation: means any significant commercial exploitation by means of any publication, reenactment, dramatization, interview, depiction, explanation, or expression through any medium of communication which is undertaken for financial consideration, except tangential and incidental references to a crime. See Rhode Island General Laws 12-25.1-2
- Court: means the superior court. See Rhode Island General Laws 12-25.1-2
- Criminally responsible person: means a person who has been convicted of a felony committed within the state of Rhode Island which caused another person to suffer personal injury or loss of property, or who has been adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity after a trial on a charge of the offense, or who has voluntarily admitted the commission of the offense. See Rhode Island General Laws 12-25.1-2
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6