In Re Richard A.

OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS, for the Court.

The respondent, Richard A. (Richard or respondent), a juvenile, appeals from an adjudication that he was delinquent for committing second-degree child molestation sexual assault on his nine-year-old cousin. Before the trial justice ordered the respondent to register as a sex offender as a result of the adjudication, the respondent objected to the constitutionality of this requirement because of his juvenile status. After the trial justice rejected the respondent’s argument and ruled that the Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification…