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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR | |
ACTIONS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Keable, Solomon, Shanley, McEntee, and Craven | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2017 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
(RI Supreme Court) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 10-9.1-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 10-9.1 entitled "Post |
2 | Conviction Remedy" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 10-9.1-9. Appeal. Review. |
4 | An aggrieved party may seek seeking review of a final judgment entered in a proceeding |
5 | brought under this chapter shall do so by filing a petition for writ of certiorari in accordance with |
6 | the supreme court rules of appellate procedure within sixty (60) days of the entry of the final |
7 | judgment. |
8 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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1 | This act would provide that those seeking review of a post-conviction relief final |
2 | judgment must file their petition for writ of certiorari within sixty (60) days from the date of final |
3 | judgment. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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