Bank & Munns has defended Rhode Island clients in the most serious criminal cases the state prosecutes - murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicide, and major violent felonies - [...]
Yes - and immediately. The single most dangerous moment in a homicide investigation is the voluntary "interview" where detectives assure a person they are "not a suspect," [...]
A true accident - one that occurred without criminal negligence and without an underlying unlawful act - is not a crime in Rhode Island. Many cases initially [...]
Yes. Self-defense is a complete defense to homicide in Rhode Island when a defendant reasonably believed that deadly force was immediately necessary to prevent death or serious [...]
Homicide cases are the slowest-moving criminal matters in Rhode Island. From arrest to trial, most murder cases take 18 to 30 months, and complex cases can take [...]
Rhode Island does not have the death penalty. First-degree murder under RIGL § 11-23-1 is punishable by life imprisonment. In certain aggravated cases - such as killings [...]
