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Statute:

Sexual abuse in the first degree

ยง 130.65 Sexual abuse in the first degree.

A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the first degree when he or she
subjects another person to sexual contact:

1. By forcible compulsion; or

2. When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being
physically helpless; or

3. When the other person is less than eleven years old; or

4. When the other person is less than thirteen years old and the actor
is twenty-one years old or older.

Sexual abuse in the first degree is a class D felony.

PEN 130.65 2014-09-22

Criminal Jury Instruction Links:


Forcible Compulsion - PL 130.65(1)
Physical Helplessness - PL 130.65(2)
Complainant Less Than 11 - PL 130.65(3)
Complainant Less Than 13; Defendant 21 or More - PL 130.65(4)

Sections:

130. Sex offenses
130.00 Sex offenses; definitions of terms.
130.05 Sex offenses; lack of consent.
130.10 Sex offenses; limitation; defenses.
130.16 Sex offenses; corroboration.
130.20 Sexual misconduct.
130.25 Rape in the third degree.
130.30 Rape in the second degree.
130.35 Rape in the first degree.
130.40 Criminal Sexual Act in the third degree.
130.45 Criminal Sexual Act in the second degree.
130.50 Criminal Sexual Act in the first degree.
130.52 Forcible touching.
130.53 Persistent sexual abuse.
130.55 Sexual abuse in the third degree.
130.60 Sexual abuse in the second degree.
130.65 Sexual abuse in the first degree.
130.65-a Aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree.
130.66 Aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree.
130.67 Aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree.
130.70 Aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree.
130.75 Course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree.
130.80 Course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree.
130.85 Female genital mutilation.
130.90 Facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance.
130.91 Sexually motivated felony.
130.92 Sentencing.
130.95 Predatory sexual assault.
130.96 Predatory sexual assault against a child.

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