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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-852: Sexual assault

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 12
  3. Chapter 64
  4. Subchapter 8

A person subject to this code is guilty of sexual assault and shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person engages in sexual contact with another person: (1) By forcible compulsion; (2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is: (A) Physically helpless; (B) Mentally defective; or (C) Mentally incapacitated; or (3) By abuse of authority. Added by Act 2021, No. 185,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021.

A person subject to this code is guilty of sexual assault and shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person engages in sexual contact with another person:

(1) By forcible compulsion;

(2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is: (A) Physically helpless; (B) Mentally defective; or (C) Mentally incapacitated; or

(A) Physically helpless;

(B) Mentally defective; or

(C) Mentally incapacitated; or

(3) By abuse of authority.

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