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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-10 (2026)

Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing bodily injury

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Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1986–2016 · leading case: State v. Payette, 38 A.3d 1120 (R.I. 2012).
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State v. Payette, 38 A.3d 1120 (R.I. 2012). · cites it 2× “1956 § 11-5-10 makes it a felony offense to "commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older * * This criminal statute reflects the heightened concern that the Legislature has for people sixty years old or older, regardless of any additional health…”
State v. Dominick, 968 A.2d 279 (R.I. 2009). · cites it 2× “The defendant, Robert Dominick (defendant), filed the instant appeal after the jury rendered a verdict adjudging him guilty of assault and battery upon a person over the age of sixty in violation of G.L. 1956 § 11-5-10. On appeal the defendant submits several errors alleged to…”
State v. Luigi Ricci, 54 A.3d 965 (R.I. 2012). · cites it 2× “1956 § 11 — 39—1 (a)(8) (count 2), and one count of assault on a person over the age of sixty in violation of G.L.1956 § 11-5-10 (count 3), 1 all stemming from a confrontation that allegedly occurred on December 18, 2009, at the North Kingstown home of the complainant, Francis…”
Robert DOMINICK v. STATE of Rhode Island, 139 A.3d 426 (R.I. 2016). · cites it 3× “2009), in which this Court affirmed applicant’s conviction of assault and battery upon Glennis Beltram, a person over sixty years of age, in violation of G.L.1956 § 11-5-10. 2 On May 30, 2006, Beltram was mowing her lawn near applicant’s property when a physical altercation…”
State v. Milliken, 756 A.2d 753 (R.I. 2000). · cites it 2× “This case came before the Court in Washington County on the appeal of the defendant, William Milliken (defendant or Milliken), from judgments of conviction following a jury trial in Providence County Superior Court for two felony counts of assault on a person over sixty years of…”
State v. Donato, 516 A.2d 880 (R.I. 1986). “§ § 11-5-10 and 11-32-5(b) where the alleged victims are 79 and 71 years of age and are the father and mother of the defendant, and the defendant and the alleged victims were not members of the same household on the date of the offense?” A criminal information was originally…”
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