| Sexual Abuse in the First
Degree
CRIME VICTIMS UNITED |
From the 1998 Criminal Code of Oregon:
163.427 Sexual abuse in the first degree.
(1) A person commits the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree when that person:
(a) Subjects another person to sexual contact and:
(A) The victim is less than 14 years of age;
(B) The victim is subjected to forcible compulsion by the actor; or
(C) The victim is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless; or
(b) Intentionally causes a person under 18 years of age to touch or contact the mouth, anus or sex organs of an animal for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of a person.
(2) Sexual abuse in the first degree is a Class B felony.
See also Ignorance as a Defense in Sex Crimes and Age as a Defense in Sex Crimes.