§ 12-22-4 - Giving of recognizance for discharge pending appeal. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-22-4

   § 12-22-4  Giving of recognizance fordischarge pending appeal. – Upon a claim of appeal from the sentence of a district court, the appellant, inorder to be discharged from immediate imprisonment upon the sentence, shallenter into a recognizance before one of the persons before whom an appeal maybe claimed, in the sum fixed by the court, with or without surety or suretiesto the satisfaction of the person taking the recognizance, conditioned that theappellant shall appear in the superior court upon the assignment day for theappeal, the exact date of the assignment day to be stated in the recognizance,and whenever his or her appeal is called for trial, and there prosecute theappeal with effect, and abide or perform the order or sentence which thesuperior court may make or impose in the case, and that he or she will in themeantime keep the peace.