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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES (§§ 39-1-101 — 39-17-1812)
Chapter 13 - OFFENSES AGAINST PERSON (§§ 39-13-NEW — 39-13-1004)
Part 5 - SEXUAL OFFENSES (§§ 39-13-501 — 39-13-535)
Section 39-13-531 - Aggravated rape of a child
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TN Code § 39-13-531 (2023)
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- (a) Aggravated rape of a child is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim, if the victim is eight (8) years of age or less.
- (b) Aggravated rape of a child is a Class A felony and shall be punished as follows:
- (1) If the defendant was a juvenile at the time of the offense, then the sentence must be from within Range III, as set forth in title 40, chapter 35; and
- (2) If the defendant was an adult at the time of the offense, then the sentence must be:
- (A) Death; or
- (B) Imprisonment for life without possibility of parole.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 951,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 104, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 588, s 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 211, s 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 2006, ch. 890, § 23.
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