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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-8.2 (2026)

Penalty for first degree child molestation sexual assault

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Every person who shall commit first degree child molestation sexual assault shall be imprisoned for a period of not less than twenty-five (25) years and may be imprisoned for life.

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Cited in 27 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1987–2026 · leading case: State v. Grady, 831 S.E.2d 542 (N.C. 2019).
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State v. Grady, 831 S.E.2d 542 (N.C. 2019). · cites it 5× “103 (2016); 11 R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-8.2 .1 (2016); S.C.”
Alexander Rose v. State of Rhode Island, 92 A.3d 903 (R.I. 2014). · cites it 20× “-1- minimum sentence under G.L. 1956 § 11-37-8.2 of twenty years, 2 with eight years to serve, and the remaining twelve years suspended with twelve years probation.”
State v. John J. Eddy, 68 A.3d 1089 (R.I. 2013). · cites it 3× “See § 11— 37-3 (“Penalty for first degree sexual assault. — Every person who shall commit sexual assault in the first degree shall be imprisoned for a period not less than ten (10) years and may be imprisoned for life.”
State v. Higham, 865 A.2d 1040 (R.I. 2004). · cites it 2× “1 and § 11-37-8.2. The two charges involved sexual assaults committed by the defendant upon his seven-year-old stepgranddaughter.”
State v. Anthony Parrillo, 158 A.3d 283 (R.I. 2017). · cites it 6× “The majority’s opinion in Rose was, in substantial part, driven by the conflict between G.L. 1956 § 11-37-8.2, which imposed a mandatory minimum sentence, and §§ 42-56-24 and 12-19-2, the good-time and time-served statutes.”
State v. Yanez, 716 A.2d 759 (R.I. 1998). · cites it 2× “For example, § 11-37-8.2 provides a minimum penalty of twenty years in prison for the sexual penetration of a person fourteen years of age or younger, while § 11-37-7 prescribes a maximum penalty of five years in prison for the sexual penetration of a person over the age of…”
State v. Navarro, 33 A.3d 147 (R.I. 2011). · cites it 3× “59, § 2 5 and § 11-37-8.2, as enacted by P.L.1984, ch. 59, § 2.”
State v. Emanuel Baptista, 79 A.3d 24 (R.I. 2013). · cites it 2× “1 and § 11-37-8.2, and two counts of first-degree child abuse on a child under the age of five relating to the infant’s rib fractures (count 3) and arm fractures (count 4), in violation of G.”
State v. Saluter., 715 A.2d 1250 (R.I. 1998). “1 and § 11-37-8.2 of the General Laws of Rhode Island, 1956, as amended (Reenactment of 1981).”
State v. Christian Buchanan, 81 A.3d 1119 (R.I. 2014). “1 and § 11-37-8.2, between January 1, 2002 and April 1, 2002 in Mid-dletown.”
State v. Jordan, 528 A.2d 731 (R.I. 1987). “Sections 11-37-8.2 and 11-37-7. Further, if we were to accept the state’s contention, bearing in mind that the age provision for third-degree sexual assault has remained unchanged, we should find that this would have led to an anomalous result when the two statutes were…”
State v. Sorel, 746 A.2d 704 (R.I. 2000). · cites it 2× “The defendant next contended that the trial justice erred in denying his motion to exclude evidence that he showed the victim a pornographic magazine.”
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Kenyon (D.R.I. 2026).
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