Section 3-319 – Rape and Sexual Offense — Admissibility of Evidence
(a) Evidence relating to a victim’s reputation for chastity or abstinence and opinion evidence relating to a victim’s chastity or abstinence may not be admitted in a prosecution for: (1) a crime specified under this subtitle or a lesser included crime; (2) the sexual abuse of a minor under § 3-602 of this title or a lesser included […]
Section 3-319.1 – Rape and Sexual Offense — Evidence of Physical Resistance
(a) Evidence of physical resistance by the victim is not required to prove that a crime under this subtitle was committed. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section may not be construed to affect the admissibility of evidence of actual physical resistance by the victim.
Section 3-320 – Rape and Sexual Offense — Jury Instructions
In a criminal prosecution under § 3–303, § 3–304, §§ 3–307 through 3–310, § 3–314, or § 3–315 of this subtitle, a judge may not instruct the jury: (1) to examine the testimony of the prosecuting witness with caution, solely because of the nature of the charge; (2) that the charge is easily made or difficult to […]
Section 3-321 – Crime of Sodomy Repealed
The common law crime of sodomy has been repealed.
Section 3-322 – Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practice
(a) A person may not: (1) take the sexual organ of another or of an animal in the person’s mouth; (2) place the person’s sexual organ in the mouth of another or of an animal; or (3) commit another unnatural or perverted sexual practice with another or with an animal. (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of […]
Section 3-323 – Incest
(a) A person may not knowingly engage in vaginal intercourse with anyone whom the person may not marry under § 2-202 of the Family Law Article. (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year and not exceeding 10 years.
Section 3-324 – Sexual Solicitation of Minor
(a) In this section, “solicit” means to command, authorize, urge, entice, request, or advise a person by any means, including: (1) in person; (2) through an agent or agency; (3) over the telephone; (4) through any print medium; (5) by mail; (6) by computer or Internet; or (7) by any other electronic means. (b) (1) A person may not, with the intent to commit a […]
Section 3-308 – Sexual Offense in the Fourth Degree
(a) In this section, “person in a position of authority”: (1) means a person who: (i) is at least 21 years old; (ii) is employed by or under contract with a public or private preschool, elementary school, or secondary school; and (iii) because of the person’s position or occupation, exercises supervision over a minor who attends the school; and (2) includes […]
Section 3-325 – Use of Personal Identifying Information or the Identity of Another
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Personal identifying information” has the meaning stated in § 8–301 of this article. (3) “Sexual crime” means an act that would constitute a violation of this subtitle, § 3–602 of this title, § 3–902 of this title, or Title 11 of this article. (b) A person may […]
Section 3-309 – Attempted Rape in the First Degree
(a) A person may not attempt to commit rape in the first degree. (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding life.