Sexual misconduct with a minor
Sec. 9. (a) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with
a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16)
years of age, performs or submits to sexual intercourse or deviate
sexual conduct commits sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class C
felony. However, the offense is:
(1) a Class B felony if it is committed by a person at least
twenty-one (21) years of age; and
(2) a Class A felony if it is committed by using or threatening
the use of deadly force, if it is committed while armed with a
deadly weapon, if it results in serious bodily injury, or if the
commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the
victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined
in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in
IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the
drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
(b) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child
at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of
age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the
child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual
desires of either the child or the older person, commits sexual
misconduct with a minor, a Class D felony. However, the offense is:
(1) a Class C felony if it is committed by a person at least
twenty-one (21) years of age; and
(2) a Class B felony if it is committed by using or threatening
the use of deadly force, while armed with a deadly weapon, or
if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the
victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined
in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in
IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the
drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
(c) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that
the child was at least sixteen (16) years of age at the time of the
conduct. However, this subsection does not apply to an offense
described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2).
(d) It is a defense that the child is or has ever been married.
However, this subsection does not apply to an offense described in
subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2).
As added by P.L.79-1994, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.33-1996, SEC.9;
P.L.216-1996, SEC.21; P.L.31-1998, SEC.8; P.L.266-2003, SEC.1.
Last modified: May 24, 2006