When a district court shall sentence a person for an offense, it shall fix the amount of the recognizance which shall be required to discharge the person from imprisonment if an appeal shall be claimed, and shall note the amount upon any mittimus issued upon the sentence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-22-3
Fixing recognizance required for discharge pending appeal
C.P.A. 1905, § 463; G.L. 1909, ch. 296, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 346, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 630, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 12-22-3.
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.