IN RE DANIEL

No. 80-22-Appeal.

456 A.2d 258 (1983)

In re DANIEL.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., John J. McMahon, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

William F. Reilly, Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, Paula Rosin, Asst. Public Defenders, for respondent.


OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This is an appeal from an adjudication of delinquency by a justice of the Family Court. Daniel, a thirteen-year-old youth, was adjudicated guilty of committing an indecent assault upon a three-year old boy, and was ordered held at the training school until further order of the court. On appeal, Daniel claims that the only evidence linking him to the offense consisted of inadmissible hearsay. We agree.

Because the Family Court...

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