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§21-888.
§21-888.
A. Any person who forces another person to engage in the detestable
and abominable crime against nature, pursuant to Section 886 of this
title, upon conviction, is guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not more than
twenty (20) years. Any person convicted of a second violation of this
section, where the victim of the second offense is a person under
sixteen (16) years of age, shall not be eligible for probation,
suspended or deferred sentence. Any person convicted of a third or
subsequent violation of this section, where the victim of the third or
subsequent offense is a person under sixteen (16) years of age, shall
be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of
life or life without parole, in the discretion of the jury, or in case
the jury fails or refuses to fix punishment then the same shall be
pronounced by the court.
B. The crime of forcible sodomy shall include:
1. Sodomy committed by a person over eighteen (18) years of age upon a
person under sixteen (16) years of age; or
2. Sodomy committed upon a person incapable through mental illness or
any unsoundness of mind of giving legal consent regardless of the age
of the person committing the crime; or
3. Sodomy accomplished with any person by means of force, violence, or
threats of force or violence accompanied by apparent power of
execution regardless of the age of the victim or the person committing
the crime.
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