Correction or Reduction of Sentence

District Court Rules of Criminal Procedure

Rule: 35

Jurisdiction: RI

Bluebook Citation: R.I. Dist. R. Crim. P. 35

If an appeal to the Superior Court has not been claimed, the court may correct an illegal sentence at any time. The court may correct a sentence imposed in an illegal manner and it may reduce any sentence within 5 days after the sentence is imposed. The court may reduce a sentence, the execution of which has been suspended, upon revocation of probation.

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