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Individuals aged 15 or younger in Arkansas are not legally able to consent to sexual activity, and such activity may result in prosecution for statutory rape. Arkansas statutory rape law is violated when a person has consensual sexual intercourse with an individual under age 16.
Most of Arkansas's statutory rape crimes apply only when the age gap between the defendant and child is more than 3 or 4 years. Certain crimes only apply to adult defendants. The state's rape offense imposes less severe penalties for minor defendants compared to adult defendants.
(1) Rape is a Class Y felony. (2) Any person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of rape involving a victim who is less than fourteen (14) years of age shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of twenty-five (25) years.
Section 5-14-103 - Rape (a) A person commits rape if he or she engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person: (1) By forcible compulsion; (2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is: (A) Physically helpless; (B) Mentally defective; or (C) Mentally incapacitated; (3) (A) Who is less than fourteen (14 ...
(a) A person commits rape if he or she engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person: (1) By forcible compulsion; (2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is:
Rape in Arkansas is a Class Y felony (the most serious) and is punishable from 10-40 years. Pleading guilty to sex with a victim under 14 years of age will get you a minimum 25 years in prison. Contact Stegall Law
(1) Sexual assault in the second degree is a Class B felony. (B) Not the person's spouse. Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Arkansas may have more current or accurate information.
(a) A person commits rape if he or she engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person: (1) By forcible compulsion; (2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is: (A) Physically helpless; (B) Mentally defective; or (C) Mentally incapacitated; (3)(A) Who is less than fourteen (14) years of age.
Rape is a Class Y felony, which is punishable by imprisonment in the following manner: An offender shall be imprisoned not less than 10 years and not more than 40 years, or life. However, if the victim is less than 14 years of age, the minimum sentence is 25 years.
The Arkansas code § 5-14-123 defines one degrees of the crime rape, each with associated punishments. The degree of the crime depends on the specifics of the crime committed, with higher degrees of the charge generally receiving harsher punishments.