Sex Crimes: Definitions and Penalties
Indiana
Last Updated: March 2020
Rape | Answer |
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The following definitions are relevant to this crime:
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Sexual Battery | Answer |
How is it defined? |
With intent to arouse or satisfy defendant’s own sexual desires or the sexual desires of another person, defendant:
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What are the punishments for this crime? |
Sexual battery is a Level 6 felony, which has a minimum term of imprisonment of 1/2 year. If defendant commits the offense of sexual battery and:
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The following definitions are relevant to this crime:
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Child Seduction | Answer |
How is it defined? |
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The following definitions are relevant to this crime:
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Child Molesting | Answer |
How is it defined? |
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Anything else I should know? |
The following definitions are relevant to this crime:
It is a defense to a prosecution for child molesting that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was 16 years of age or older at the time of the conduct, unless:
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Statutory citation(s): |
Ind. Code § 35-42-4-3 |
Sexual Misconduct with a Minor | Answer |
How is it defined? |
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What are the punishments for this crime? |
Sexual misconduct with a minor (Type 1) is a Level 5 felony, but is:
Sexual misconduct with a minor (Type 2) is a Level 6 felony, but is:
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Anything else I should know? |
See “Child Molesting” above for definitions relevant to this crime. It is a defense to a prosecution for sexual misconduct with a minor if all the following apply:
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Statutory citation(s): |
Ind. Code § 35-42-4-9 |
Sodomy | Answer |
How is it defined? |
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Ind. Code § 35-1.89-1, which criminalized sodomy, was repealed in 1976 |