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31 de octubre de 2023

25.20. Second Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.

(a) A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if the person engages in sexual contact with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists:

(1) that other person is under fourteen (14) years of age;

(2) that other person is at least fourteen (14) but less than sixteen (16) years of age and the actor is a member of the same household as the victim, or is related by blood or affinity to the fourth degree to the victim, or is in a position of authority over the victim and the actor used this authority to coerce the victim to submit;

(3) sexual contact occurs under circumstances involving the commission of any other felony;

(4) the actor is aided or abetted by one or more other persons and either of the following circumstances exists:

(A) the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally impaired, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless; or

(B) the actor uses force or coercion to accomplish the sexual contact.

(5) the actor is armed with a weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead a person to reasonably believe it to be a weapon;

(6) the actor causes personal injury to the victim and force or coercion is used to accomplish the sexual contact; and

(7) the actor causes personal injury to the victim and the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally impaired, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.

(b) Criminal sexual conduct in the second degree is a felony in the first degree, but a person convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree who receives a sentence of imprisonment shall not be eligible for work release or educational programs outside the confines of prison. The term imposed shall not be suspended, as indicated in § 80.60 of Article 4, Chapter 80, Title 9 GCA; nor probation be imposed in lieu of said minimum term; nor shall parole be granted; nor shall the provisions under § 80.31 of Article 2, Chapter 80, Title 9 GCA apply. Any such sentence shall include a special parole term of not less than three (3) years, in addition to such time of imprisonment.

(c) Any person convicted of criminal sexual conduct under § 25.20(a) subsequent to a first conviction of criminal sexual conduct under Guam law or a conviction of a sex offense from another jurisdiction that has an element that would constitute sexual contact or sexual penetration as defined in § 25.10 shall be sentenced to a minimum of fifteen (15) years imprisonment and may be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Said term shall not be suspended; nor probation be imposed in lieu of said term, as indicated in § 80.60 of Article 4, Chapter 80, Title 9 GCA; nor shall parole, work release or educational programs outside the confines of prison be granted.