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N.Y. Penal Law § 130.95: Predatory sexual assault

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title H. Offenses Against the Person Involving Physical Injury, Sexual Conduct, Restraint and Intimidation
  4. Article 130. Sex Offenses

§ 130.95 Predatory sexual assault.

A person is guilty of predatory sexual assault when he or she commits

the crime of rape in the first degree, a crime formerly defined in

section 130.50 of this title, the crime of aggravated sexual abuse in

the first degree, or course of sexual conduct against a child in the

first degree, as defined in this article, and when:

1. In the course of the commission of the crime or the immediate

flight therefrom, he or she:

(a) Causes serious physical injury to the victim of such crime; or

(b) Uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument; or

2. He or she has engaged in conduct constituting the crime of rape in

the first degree, a crime formerly defined in section 130.50 of this

title, the crime of aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree, or

course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree, as defined

in this article, against one or more additional persons; or

3. He or she has previously been subjected to a conviction for a

felony defined in this article, incest as defined in section 255.25 of

this chapter or use of a child in a sexual performance as defined in

section 263.05 of this chapter.

Predatory sexual assault is a class A-II felony.

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