§ 12-3-7 - Jurisdiction based on importation of stolen property. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-3-7

   § 12-3-7  Jurisdiction based on importationof stolen property. – Whenever the property of another which has been taken or obtained in any otherstate or area within the jurisdiction of the United States, by the commissionof any of the offenses described in §§ 11-8-6, 11-41-1 –11-41-4, 11-41-6 – 11-41-9, 11-41-11, and 11-44-7, is brought into thisstate by the person who took or obtained the property by the commission of theoffense, the offense by which the property was taken or obtained may be allegedto have been committed, and the person may be prosecuted and proceeded againstin the superior court at any location that may by order be designated by thepresiding justice or in any division of the district court in which the personis found in possession of the property, or through which the person may havetransported the property or at any location that may be designated by the chiefjudge pursuant to § 12-3-4(c).