Title 12
Criminal Procedure

Chapter 20
Costs

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-20-11

§ 12-20-11. Apportionment of costs among defendants.

Whenever more than one defendant in the same process shall be convicted and sentenced to fine or imprisonment in jail, the court pronouncing sentence may apportion the costs of prosecution between and among the defendants as, in its discretion, shall appear to be just and proper.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 61; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 61; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 55; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 55; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 55; G.L. 1956, § 12-20-11.