Legal Opinion

In Re Ryan B.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided October 27, 1999No. 97-153-AppealPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This appeal concerns the sufficiency of evidence to support a Family Court’s adjudication of first-degree child-molestation sexual assault. After a hearing, a trial justice ruled that the sixteen-year-old juvenile respondent, Ryan B. (Ryan), was delinquent and in violation of his probation. The court found that the respondent had caused two young girls, Kathy (born July 31, 1990) and her half-sister, Sally (born September 13, 1991), 1 to engage in acts of fellatio with him. Because we conclude that legally competent evidence exists to support the Family Court’s…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. GirouardSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1989
  2. State v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
  3. In Re Malik D.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1999

3Cited by5 opinions

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