Rhode Island § 14-1-40 § 14-1-40. Adjudication not having effect of conviction.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 14-1-40 — § 14-1-40. Adjudication not having effect of conviction.

Rhode Island § 14-1-40

Title 14Delinquent and Dependent Children

Ch. 14-1Proceedings in Family Court

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-40 (2026).

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§ 14-1-40. Adjudication not having effect of conviction.
(a) No adjudication upon the status of any child in the jurisdiction of the court shall
            operate to impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily resulting from a conviction,
            nor shall any child be deemed a criminal by reason of that adjudication, nor shall
            that adjudication be deemed a conviction, nor shall any child be charged with or convicted
            of a crime in any court, except as provided in this chapter. The disposition of a
            child or any evidence given in the court shall not be admissible as evidence against
            the child in any case or proceeding in any other court, nor shall that dispo

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§ 14-1-40. Adjudication not having effect of conviction.

(a) No adjudication upon the status of any child in the jurisdiction of the court shall operate to impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily resulting from a conviction, nor shall any child be deemed a criminal by reason of that adjudication, nor shall that adjudication be deemed a conviction, nor shall any child be charged with or convicted of a crime in any court, except as provided in this chapter. The disposition of a child or any evidence given in the court shall not be admissible as evidence against the child in any case or proceeding in any other court, nor shall that disposition or evidence operate to disqualify a child in any future civil service application, examination, or appointment.

(b) Any finding of delinquency based upon acts which would constitute a felony, if committed by an adult, shall be available to the attorney general for use in its recommendations to any court in sentencing and that record may be taken into consideration for the purposes of sentencing.