{"data":{"id":"us-de/11-del.-c.-780a","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"11 Del. C. § 780A","heading":"Sexual intercourse or penetration with a person in custody; class F felony.","body":"(a) It is unlawful for a law-enforcement officer, an employee working at a detention facility, a contractor or employee of a contractor working at a detention facility, or a volunteer working at a detention facility to engage in sexual intercourse or sexual penetration with a person who is in custody, as defined in § 1258 of this title.\n(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a licensed medical doctor or nurse when the penetration occurs for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment or to a law-enforcement officer who is lawfully performing job duties.\n(c) Consent of the person in custody is not a defense to an act in violation of subsection (a) of this section.\n(d) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is a class F felony.","path":["Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Delaware Criminal Code","CHAPTER 5. Specific Offenses","Subchapter II. Offenses Against the Person"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title11/c005/sc02/index.html#780A","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:13Z","sha256":"5031f1c6c8f91e8b4cf22b2ba94ac8a51acf34fa5e3538c60702613e42ae765f","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/11-del.-c.-780","next":"us-de/11-del.-c.-780b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}