Cal. Penal Code § 288.7

Bigamy, Incest, and the Crime Against Nature

Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case 212 Cal. App. 4th 478 - People v. Spence (2012)

Most recently applied in 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 221 - People v. Jimenez (May 2019)

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 337, Sec. 9

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(a) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life.

(b) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in oral copulation or sexual penetration, as defined in Section 289, with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 15 years to life.

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