In re E.G.S

Summary

The Supreme Court affirmed Family Court orders adjudicating E.G.S. delinquent on two first-degree child-molestation counts. It held that the trial justice acted within her discretion in finding E.G.S. competent despite contrary expert opinions and in ordering the maximum fifteen-year sex-offender registration period after assessing the totality of the circumstances. The court concluded that the conduct was not criminal only because of the victim's age and that the trial justice adequately explained her rejection of the registration expert's recommendation.