§ 14-1-40 - Adjudication not having effect of conviction. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 14-1-40

   § 14-1-40  Adjudication not having effectof conviction. – (a) No adjudication upon the status of any child in the jurisdiction of thecourt shall operate to impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarilyresulting from a conviction, nor shall any child be deemed a criminal by reasonof that adjudication, nor shall that adjudication be deemed a conviction, norshall any child be charged with or convicted of a crime in any court, except asprovided in this chapter. The disposition of a child or any evidence given inthe court shall not be admissible as evidence against the child in any case orproceeding in any other court, nor shall that disposition or evidence operateto disqualify a child in any future civil service application, examination, orappointment.

   (b) Any finding of delinquency based upon acts which wouldconstitute a felony, if committed by an adult, shall be available to theattorney general for use in its recommendations to any court in sentencing andthat record may be taken into consideration for the purposes of sentencing.