Legal Opinion
State v. Day
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 18, 2006No. 2006-8-C.APublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.
When a child is waived from the jurisdiction of the Family Court pursuant to G.L.1956 §§ 14-1-7 and 14-1-7.1 to stand trial as an adult, is the Attorney General then prohibited from charging the child with offenses different from, and/or in addition to, those upon which the waiver originally was based? In this case of first impression, it is our opinion that there is nothing in the statutory scheme that restricts the Attorney General from bringing charges against the child in the Superior Court which are different than those that served as the basis for…
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