North Carolina § 14-27 - 29. First-degree statutory sexual offense.

§ 14-27. 29. First-degree statutory sexual offense.

A person is guilty of first-degree statutory sexual offense if the person engages in a sexual act with a victim who is a child under the age of 13 years and the defendant is at least 12 years old and is at least four years older than the victim. Any person who commits an offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class B1 felony. History (1979, c. 682, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 6; 1981, c. 63; c. 106, ss. 3, 4; c. 179, s. 14; 1983, c. 175, ss. 5, 10; c. 720, s. 4; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 22, s. 3; 2015-181, s. 11.) Cross References. - As to privileged nature of communications with agents of rape crisis centers and domestic violence programs, see G.S. 8-53.12 . As to essentials of bill of indictment for sexual offense, see G.S. 15-144.2 . As to venue of trial of sex offenses where victim was transported, see G.S. 15A-136 . As to office of coordinator of services for victims of sexual assault, see G.S. 143B-394.1 et seq. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2015-181, s. 48, made the enactment of this section by Session Laws 2015-181, s. 11, effective December 1, 2015, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, and further provided that: "Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions." Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1979 criminal law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1350 (1980). For survey of 1982 law relating to criminal law, see 61 N.C.L. Rev. 1060 (1983). For note that addresses the effect of a recent United States Supreme Court decision on sodomy laws and the manner in which society may shape its characterization of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and homosexuality, see 66 N.C.L. Rev. 226 (1987). For comment, "The Amy Jackson Law - A Look at the Constitutionality of North Carolina's Answer to Megan's Law," see 20 Campbell L. Rev. 347 (1998).