North Carolina General Statutes § 14-27.5 Second-degree sexual offense

(a)        A person is guilty of a sexual offense in the second degree if the person engages in a sexual act with another person:

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

(2)        Who is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, and the person performing the act knows or should reasonably know that the other person is mentally disabled, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.

(b)        Any person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class C felony. (1979, c. 682, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 7; 1981, c. 63; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1131; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2002-159, s. 2(c).)

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