State v. DaFonseca

This case raises the question whether a juvenile who has been confined at the.Rhode Island Training School for Boys while awaiting disposition of the charge against him, and whose case is subsequently waived out of the Family Court, is entitled to credit for such time under the provisions of G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §12-19-2, which in pertinent part reads as follows:

“Whenever it is provided that any offense shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment, the court imposing such punishment may, in its discretion, select the kind of punishment to be1 imposed, and if such punishment be fine or…