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RI DOMESTIC DISORDERLY CONDUCT DEFENSE
ATTORNEY MATTHEW MARIN
ATTORNEY MATTHEW MARIN
Disorderly conduct is a very broad offense that includes many situations. It encompasses many acts that are considered disruptions to public order. A police officer can interpret this very broadly, which is why if the complaining witness wants to have you charged with a crime and there is nothing else they can charge you with, the police will often times charge clients with domestic disorderly conduct.
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Although it is a relatively minor charge, it is one that must be taken seriously. Any misdemeanor criminal conviction will leave you with a permanent criminal record. In addition, due to the fact that the police have charged the crime as “domestic,” any conviction will carry mandatory attendance at a lengthy and demanding batterers intervention program.
Call for a consultation on your case today. I can offer defense suggestions, and let you know what I can do to beat the case, and keep your record clean. To discuss your criminal charges with an aggressive domestic disorderly conduct defense lawyer, call 401-228-8271 or email at mm@matthewtmarin.com.
Rhode Island Domestic Disorderly Conduct Defense Lawyer – (401) 228-8271
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§ 11-45-1 Disorderly conduct. –
(a) A person commits disorderly conduct if he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:
(1) Engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior;
(2) In a public place or near a private residence that he or she has no right to occupy, disturbs another person by making loud and unreasonable noise which under the circumstances would disturb a person of average sensibilities;
(3) Directs at another person in a public place offensive words which are likely to provoke a violent reaction on the part of the average person so addressed;
(4) Alone or with others, obstructs a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, building entrance, elevator, aisle, stairway, or hallway to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access or any other place ordinarily used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or conveyances;
(5) Engages in conduct which obstructs or interferes physically with a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering;
(6) Enters upon the property of another and for a lascivious purpose looks into an occupied dwelling or other building on the property through a window or other opening; or
(7) Who without the knowledge or consent of the individual, looks for a lascivious purpose through a window, or any other opening into an area in which another would have a reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited to, a restroom, locker room, shower, changing room, dressing room, bedroom, or any other such private area, not withstanding any property rights the individual may have in the location in which the private area is located.
(8) [Deleted by P.L. 2008, ch. 183, § 1].
(b) Any person, including a police officer, may be a complainant for the purposes of instituting action for any violation of this section.
(c) Any person found guilty of the crime of disorderly conduct shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than six (6) months, or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.
(d) In no event shall subdivisions (a)(2) – (5) of this section be construed to prevent lawful picketing or lawful demonstrations including, but not limited to, those relating to a labor dispute.
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Rhode Island Domestic Disorderly Conduct Defense Lawyer – (401) 228-8271
Rhode Island Domestic Disorderly Conduct Defense Lawyer – (401) 228-8271
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