A person is guilty of first degree child molestation sexual assault if he or she engages in sexual penetration with a person fourteen (14) years of age or under.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-8.1
First degree child molestation sexual assault
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 53 Cal. 4th 1261 - People v. Cornett (2012)
Most recently applied in United States v. Mack Doak (September 2022)
P.L. 1984, ch. 59, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 219, § 1.
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