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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE H
Offenses Against the Person Involving Physical Injury, Sexual Conduct, Restraint and Intimidation
ARTICLE 130
Sex Offenses
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SECTION 130.65-A
Aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree
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SECTION 130.65
Sexual abuse in the first degree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE H, ARTICLE 130
§ 130.65 Sexual abuse in the first degree.

A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the first degree when he or she
subjects another person to sexual contact:

1. By forcible compulsion; or

2. When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being
physically helpless; or

3. When the other person is less than eleven years old; or

4. When the other person is less than thirteen years old and the actor
is twenty-one years old or older.

Sexual abuse in the first degree is a class D felony.