{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-5-14.2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-14.2","heading":"Battery by an adult upon child ten (10) years of age or younger causing serious bodily injury.","body":"(a) Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall commit a battery upon a child ten (10) years of age or younger, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than five thousand ($5,000) dollars nor more than twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars.\n(b) “Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:\n(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;\n(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or\n(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.","path":["Title 11 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 5 Assaults"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE11/11-5/11-5-14.2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:09Z","sha256":"4fecb54cd6ae61f0a2eddcdee42a0fa05b7f9fa27ffdd153c9a3bc274b09a0d7","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-5-14.1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-5-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}