Bank & Munns is a Providence-based criminal defense firm with 1,300+ five-star reviews from real Rhode Island clients. Chad Bank has spent his career in Superior Court [...]
Robbery defense is not bargain-bin work and should not be hired on price alone. Fees vary based on the degree of robbery charged, whether firearm enhancements are [...]
Sometimes yes, sometimes no - and nobody can tell you which until an experienced lawyer has reviewed all of the discovery. The right question is not "should [...]
A firearm allegation transforms the case. The robbery becomes first-degree under § 11-39-1 with exposure up to life. On top of that, the state will add charges [...]
Yes, and suppressing an identification is often the most important motion in a robbery case. Rhode Island courts will exclude eyewitness IDs obtained through unnecessarily suggestive procedures [...]
Rhode Island allows prosecutors to charge accomplices as principals under aiding-and-abetting doctrine. In theory, a driver or lookout can face the same sentence as the person who [...]
