ADVISORY OPINION TO GOVERNOR

No. 81-268-M.P.

437 A.2d 542 (1981)

ADVISORY OPINION TO The GOVERNOR.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., amicus curiae.

William F. Reilly, Public Defender, Merlyn O'Keefe, Asst. Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, Chief Appellate Atty., Providence, amicus curiae.


To His Excellency J. Joseph Garrahy Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

We have received from Your Excellency, pursuant to section 2 of article XII of the amendments to the State Constitution, a request for our advice on the constitutionality of P.L. 1981, ch. 104, "An Act Relating To Criminal Procedure," which is to become effective on January 1, 1982. Because of the significant impact this act...

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