Every person who shall make an assault with intent to commit murder, robbery, sexual assault, burglary, or the abominable and detestable crime against nature, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years nor less than one year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-1
Assault with intent to commit specified felonies
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Gabrilowitz v. Newman (1978)
Most recently applied in United States v. Vederoff (February 2019)
G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 11-5-1; P.L. 1981, ch. 76, § 1.
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