In case the name of the person to be proceeded against is unknown, the indictment, information, complaint, warrant, or other criminal process may be found or issued against him or her by a fictitious name or by any description that the prosecutor or complainant may select, and the error or defect may be afterwards amended by the court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-12-2
Process in fictitious name or by description
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. O'BRIEN (1980)
Most recently applied in State v. O'BRIEN (March 1980)
G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, §§ 2, 3; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-2; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.