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December 22, 2023

14-27.33. Sexual battery

Formerly cited as § 14-27.5A

(a) A person is guilty of sexual battery if the person, for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, engages in sexual contact with another person:

(1) By force and against the will of the other person; or

(2) Who has a mental disability or who is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless, and the person performing the act knows or should reasonably know that the other person has a mental disability or is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless.(b) Any person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.

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