What is sexual contact?

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Sexual contact is the touching of sexual or other intimate parts of a person for the purpose of gratifying sexual desire of either party.  Sexual contact includes having a victim touch the person charged, or the person charged touching another individual.  The touching can be [...]

What is sexual contact?2020-08-14T12:32:02+00:00

What is forcible compulsion?

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Forcible compulsion means to intentionally compel by (1) use of physical force or (2) by a threat, express or implied, which places a person in fear of immediate death or physical injury to themselves or another person, or fear that they or another person will [...]

What is forcible compulsion?2020-08-14T12:31:35+00:00

What is lack of consent?

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In New York, lack of consent occurs when any of these facts exist or occurs: Not having permission for the sexual act to occur, including but not limited to, being told “no”. Individuals under the age of 17 are incapable of consenting to sexual intercourse. [...]

What is lack of consent?2020-08-14T12:31:08+00:00

What is mentally disabled?

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Mentally disabled means a person has a mental disease or defect which does not allow them to understand their conduct.

What is mentally disabled?2020-08-14T12:30:38+00:00

What is mentally incapacitated?

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Mentally incapacitated means a person does not have the ability to consent to a sexual act based on being involuntarily drugged.

What is mentally incapacitated?2020-08-14T12:30:07+00:00

What is physically helpless?

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Physically helpless means to be unconscious or not able to communicate an unwillingness to act.

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What is a foreign object?

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A foreign object is any instrument or article which can cause injury when inserted in the vagina, urethra, penis, rectum, or anus.

What is a foreign object?2020-08-14T12:28:59+00:00

What is Aggravated Sexual Contact?

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Aggravated Sexual contact means an injury caused by inserting a foreign object in the vagina, urethra, penis, rectum, or anus of a child.

What is Aggravated Sexual Contact?2020-08-14T12:28:24+00:00

What is the Sex Offender Registration Act?

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The Sex Offender Registration Act mandates that people convicted of Sex Offenses notify the State and local law enforcement regarding where they live, work, and internet accounts.  The Sex Offender registry contains the name, age, photograph, home and work addresses, and a list of convictions [...]

What is the Sex Offender Registration Act?2020-08-14T12:27:44+00:00
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