If an accused arraigned before a court-martial makes an irregular pleading; or after a plea of guilty sets up matters inconsistent with the plea; or if it appears that the accused has entered the plea of guilty improvidently or through lack of understanding of its meaning and effect; or if the accused fails or refuses to plead; a plea of not guilty shall be entered in the record, and the court shall proceed as though he or she had pleaded not guilty.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-13-48
Entering of not-guilty plea by court
Known as the Rhode Island Code
The act spans §§ 30–30 (135 sections).
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-48; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.
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.