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RSA 632-A:2 · Aggravated Felonious Sexual Assault

Title
LXII: CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter
632-A · SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RELATED OFFENSES
Status
current
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632-A:2 Aggravated Felonious Sexual Assault. –

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I.

A person is guilty of the felony of aggravated felonious sexual assault if such person engages in sexual penetration with another person under any of the following circumstances:

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(a)

When the actor overcomes the victim through the actual application of physical force, physical violence or superior physical strength.

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(b)

When the victim is physically helpless to resist.

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(c)

When the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to use physical violence or superior physical strength on the victim, and the victim believes that the actor has the present ability to execute these threats.

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(d)

When the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to retaliate against the victim, or any other person, and the victim believes that the actor has the ability to execute these threats in the future.

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(e)

When the victim submits under circumstances involving false imprisonment, kidnapping or extortion.

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(f)

When the actor, without the prior knowledge or consent of the victim, administers or has knowledge of another person administering to the victim any intoxicating substance which mentally incapacitates the victim.

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(g)

When the actor provides therapy, medical treatment or examination of the victim and in the course of that therapeutic or treating relationship or within one year of termination of that therapeutic or treating relationship:

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(1)

Acts in a manner or for purposes which are not professionally recognized as ethical or acceptable; or

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(2)

Uses this position as such provider to coerce the victim to submit.

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(h)

When the victim has a disability that renders him or her incapable of freely arriving at an independent choice as to whether or not to engage in sexual conduct, and the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim has such a disability.

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(i)

When the actor through concealment or by the element of surprise is able to cause sexual penetration with the victim before the victim has an adequate chance to flee or resist.

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(j)

When the victim is 13 years of age or older and under 16 years of age and:

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(1)

the actor is a member of the same household as the victim; or

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(2)

the actor is related by blood or affinity to the victim. (k)(1) When the victim is 13 years of age or older and under 18 years of age and the actor is in a position of authority over the victim and is more than 4 years older than the victim.

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(2)

When the actor is an employee, contractor, or volunteer at a primary or secondary educational institution and the victim is a student and up to 10 months after the student's graduation or departure.

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(3)

Consent of the victim under any of the circumstances set forth in subparagraph (k) shall not be considered a defense.

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(l)

When the victim is less than 13 years of age.

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(m)

When at the time of the sexual assault, the victim indicates by speech or conduct that there is not freely given consent to performance of the sexual act.

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(n)

When the actor is in a position of authority over the victim and uses this authority to coerce the victim to submit under any of the following circumstances:

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(1)

When the actor has direct supervisory, disciplinary, or other authority authorized by law over, or direct responsibility for maintaining detention of, the victim by virtue of the victim being detained or incarcerated in a correctional institution, the secure psychiatric unit, a juvenile detention facility, or any other setting in which the victim is not free to leave; or

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(2)

When the actor is a probation or parole officer or a juvenile probation and parole officer who has direct supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim while the victim is on parole or probation or under juvenile probation. Consent of the victim under any of the circumstances set forth in subparagraph (n) shall not be considered a defense.

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II.

A person is guilty of aggravated felonious sexual assault without penetration when he intentionally touches whether directly, through clothing, or otherwise, the genitalia of a person under the age of 13 under circumstances that can be reasonably construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.

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III.

A person is guilty of aggravated felonious sexual assault when such person engages in a pattern of sexual assault against another person, not the actor's legal spouse, who is less than 16 years of age. The mental state applicable to the underlying acts of sexual assault need not be shown with respect to the element of engaging in a pattern of sexual assault.

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IV.

A person is guilty of aggravated felonious sexual assault when such person engages in sexual penetration as defined in RSA 632-A:1, V with another person under 18 years of age whom such person knows to be his or her ancestor, descendant, brother or sister of the whole or half blood, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece. The relationships referred to herein include blood relationships without regard to legitimacy, stepchildren, and relationships of parent and child by adoption.

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V.

(a) Upon proof that the victim and defendant were intimate partners or family or household members, as those terms are defined in RSA 631:2-b, III, a conviction under this section shall be recorded as "aggravated felonious sexual assault-domestic violence."

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(b)

In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, the court shall levy a fine of $50 for each conviction recorded as "aggravated felonious sexual assault-domestic violence" under this paragraph. The court shall not reduce or suspend any sentence or the payment of any fine imposed under this paragraph and no fine imposed under this paragraph shall be subject to an additional penalty assessment. If the court determines that the defendant is unable to pay the fine on the date imposed, the court may defer payment or order periodic payments thereof. The clerk shall forward all fines collected under this paragraph to the department of health and human services for the purposes of RSA 173-B:15. The provisions of RSA 618:8 and RSA 618:9 shall not apply to a fine imposed under this paragraph. Source. 1975, 302:1. 1981, 415:2, 3. 1986, 132:1. 1992, 254:6. 1994, 185:2. 1995, 66:1. 1997, 220:2. 1998, 240:2. 1999, 177:2. 2003, 226:1, 2. 2008, 334:13. 2012, 105:1. 2014, 152:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2017, 90:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2018. 2018, 159:1, eff. June 4, 2018. 2020, 24:13, 14, eff. Sept. 18, 2020; 25:12, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.

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Source note

Source. 1975, 302:1. 1981, 415:2, 3. 1986, 132:1. 1992, 254:6. 1994, 185:2. 1995, 66:1. 1997, 220:2. 1998, 240:2. 1999, 177:2. 2003, 226:1, 2. 2008, 334:13. 2012, 105:1. 2014, 152:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2017, 90:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2018. 2018, 159:1, eff. June 4, 2018. 2020, 24:13, 14, eff. Sept. 18, 2020; 25:12, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.

Source history

  • 1975, 302:1
  • 1981, 415:2, 3
  • 1986, 132:1
  • 1992, 254:6
  • 1994, 185:2
  • 1995, 66:1
  • 1997, 220:2
  • 1998, 240:2
  • 1999, 177:2
  • 2003, 226:1, 2
  • 2008, 334:13
  • 2012, 105:1
  • 2014, 152:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2015
  • 2017, 90:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2018
  • 2018, 159:1, eff. June 4, 2018
  • 2020, 24:13, 14, eff. Sept. 18, 2020; 25:12, eff. Jan. 1, 2021

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