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2022 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-23 - Homicide
Section 11-23-6. - Controlled substance transaction resulting in death of minor.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 11-23-6. (2022)
§ 11-23-6. Controlled substance transaction resulting in death of minor.
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.
History of Section.
P.L. 1981, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 105, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 111, § 2.
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