Effective – 28 Aug 2022, 4 histories 566.010. Chapter 566 and chapter 568 definitions. — As used in this chapter and chapter 568, the following terms mean: (1) “Aggravated sexual offense”, any sexual offense, in the course of which, the actor: (a) Inflicts serious physical injury on the victim; (b) Displays a deadly weapon or […]
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories 566.020. Mistake as to age — consent not a defense, when. — 1. Whenever in this chapter the criminality of conduct depends upon a child being less than fourteen years of age, it is no defense that the defendant believed the child to be older. 2. Whenever in […]
Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 566.023. Marriage to victim, at time of offense, affirmative defense, for certain offenses. — It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecutions under sections 566.032, 566.034, 566.062, 566.064, and 566.071, that the defendant was married to the victim at the time of the offense. ——– (L. 1994 S.B. […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2000 566.025. Evidence that defendant has committed other charged and uncharged crimes of a sexual nature involving victims under fourteen admissible to prove propensity to commit crime, when. — In prosecutions pursuant to this chapter or chapter 568 of a sexual nature involving a victim under fourteen years of age, whether […]
