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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 940 — Crimes against life and bodily security

940.225 Sexual assault.

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940.225 Sexual assault.
(1)First degree sexual assault. Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class B felony:
(a)Has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with another person without consent of that person and causes pregnancy or great bodily harm to that person.
(b)Has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with another person without consent of that person by use or threat of use of a dangerous weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim reasonably to believe it to be a dangerous weapon.
(c)Is aided or abetted by one or more other persons and has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with another person without consent of that person by use or threat of force or violence.
(d)Commits a violation under sub.
(2)against an individual who is 60 years of age or older. This paragraph applies irrespective of whether the defendant had actual knowledge of the victim’s age. A mistake regarding the victim’s age is not a defense to a prosecution under this paragraph.
(e)Commits a violation under sub.
(2)against an adult at risk, as defined in s. 55.01
(1e). This paragraph applies only if the defendant had actual knowledge that the victim is an adult at risk.
(2)Second degree sexual assault. Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class C felony:
(a)Has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with another person without consent of that person by use or threat of force or violence.
(b)Has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with another person without consent of that person and causes injury, illness, disease or impairment of a sexual or reproductive organ, or mental anguish requiring psychiatric care for the victim.
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