Indiana Statutes
§ 35-42-4-8 — Sexual battery
(a)A person who, with intent to arouse or
satisfy the person's own sexual desires or the sexual desires of another
person:
(1)touches another person when that person is:
(A)compelled to submit to the touching by force or the
imminent threat of force; or
(B)so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to the
touching cannot be given; or
(2)touches another person's genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or
female breast when that person is unaware that the touching is
occurring;
commits sexual battery, a Level 6 felony.
(b)An offense described in subsection (a) is a Level 4 felony if:
(1)it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
(2)it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or
(3)the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the
victim, without
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Legislative History
As added by P.L.322-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.31-1998,
SEC.7; P.L.72-2012, SEC.4; P.L.158-2013, SEC.444; P.L.186-2025,
SEC.237.
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