Rhode Island HB 5992: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Provides a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and reasonable belief of harm.)

Status: 03/09/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study (as of 2021-03-09)

State: Rhode Island · Session: 2021 · Bill: HB 5992

Subjects: Criminal Offense, Criminal Procedure, Death, Victims of Crime

Sponsors: C Lima, Cardillo, Chippendale, Corvese, Place, Quattrocchi

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