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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95

Sexual battery

Applied in 154 court decisions — leading case 671 So. 2d 581 - Walker v. State (1995)

Most recently applied in Cameron Dwayne May v. State of Mississippi (December 2018)

Laws, 1980, ch. 450, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 429, § 3; Laws, 1985, ch. 389, § 6; Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 549, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1998.

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(1) A person is guilty of sexual battery if he or she engages in sexual penetration with: Another person without his or her consent;

(2) A mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person;

(3) A child at least fourteen (14) but under sixteen (16) years of age, if the person is thirty-six (36) or more months older than the child; or

(4) A child under the age of fourteen (14) years of age, if the person is twenty-four (24) or more months older than the child.

(5) A person is guilty of sexual battery if he or she engages in sexual penetration with a child under the age of eighteen (18) years if the person is in a position of trust or authority over the child including without limitation the child’s teacher, counselor, physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, minister, priest, physical therapist, chiropractor, legal guardian, parent, stepparent, aunt, uncle, scout leader or coach.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.