§ 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.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 11-23-2. - Penalties for murder.
Section 11-23-2.1. - Penalty for murder of a kidnapped person under the age of eighteen (18).
Section 11-23-2.2. - Penalty for murder in the first degree.
Section 11-23-3. - Manslaughter.
Section 11-23-4. - Joinder of murder count with count for concealment of birth.
Section 11-23-5. - [Repealed.]
Section 11-23-6. - Controlled substance transaction resulting in death of minor.
Section 11-23-7. - Controlled substance delivery resulting in death.