ABDO, JAMES ALAN

The statute below contains the definitions of Rape in the 1st degree, 2nd degree, 3rd degree, and 4th degree: 22-22-1. Rape defined--Degrees--Felony. Rape is an act of sexual penetration accomplished with any person under any of the following circumstances: (1) If the victim is less than thirteen years of age; or (2) Through the use of force, coercion, or threats of immediate and great bodily harm against the victim or other persons within the victim's presence, accompanied by apparent power of execution; or (3) If the victim is incapable, because of physical or mental incapacity, of giving consent to such act; or (4) If the victim is incapable of giving consent because of any intoxicating, narcotic, or anesthetic agent or hypnosis; or (5) If the victim is thirteen years of age, but less than sixteen years of age, and the perpetrator is at least three years older than the victim. A violation of subdivision (1) of this section is rape in the first degree, which is a Class C felony. A violation of subdivision (2) of this section is rape in the second degree which is a Class 1 felony. A violation of subdivision (3) or (4) of this section is rape in the third degree, which is a Class 2 felony. A violation of subdivision (5) of this section is rape in the fourth degree, which is a Class 3 felony. Notwithstanding § 23A-42-2 a charge brought pursuant to this section may be commenced at any time prior to the time the victim becomes age twenty-five or within seven years of the commission of the crime, whichever is longer. Some statutes have been amended over the years and may not contain the exact language of the offense that the sex offender was convicted of.

22-24A-37. Manufacturing child pornography--Penalty. A person is guilty of manufacturing child pornography if the person creates, causes the creation of, or knowingly permits the creation of: (1) Any visual depiction of a minor engaged in a prohibited sexual act, or in a simulation of a prohibited sexual act; or (2) Any computer-generated child pornography. A violation of this section is a Class 2 felony. A conviction under this section for a first offense must be punished by a mandatory sentence in a state correctional facility of at least ten years. A conviction under this section for a second or subsequent offense must be punished by a mandatory sentence in a state correctional facility of at least twenty years. A person convicted of a violation of this section may not be convicted of possessing child pornography pursuant to § 22-24A-35 for the same visual depiction. Source: SL 2024, ch 87, § 4.