Any person who sells, delivers, or distributes a controlled substance, the sale of which would constitute a felony under chapter 28 of title 21, to a minor, or knowingly provides a controlled substance for sale, delivery, or distribution to a minor, and death has resulted to the minor because of the ingestion orally or the injection or inhalation of the controlled substance, shall be imprisoned for life.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-23-6
Controlled substance transaction resulting in death of minor
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Maldonado (1994)
Most recently applied in State v. Maldonado (August 1994)
P.L. 1981, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 105, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 111, § 2.
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