Rape in the Second Degree.
Known as the Protecting Alabama’s Elders Act
The act spans §§ 13A-6-1 to 13A-6-96 (103 sections).
Applied in 23 court decisions — leading case United States v. Owens (2012)
Most recently applied in Marken Leger v. U.S. Attorney General (May 2024)
(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §2311; Acts 1979, No. 79-471, p. 862, §1; Acts 1987, No. 87-607, p. 1056, §2; Act 2000-726, p. 1557, §1; Act 2019-465, §1.)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) A person commits the crime of rape in the second degree if, being 16 years old or older, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is 12 years old or older, but less than 16 years old; provided, however, the actor is at least two years older than the other person.
(b) Rape in the second degree is a Class B felony.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.