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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-852: Sexual assault
Where this section sits in the code
- AR Code
- Title 12
- Chapter 64
- 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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