Criminal Offense & Conviction Details
12/04/2007 MN Subdivision 1. Crime defined. A person who engages in sexual penetration with another person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) the complainant is under 13 years of age and the actor is no more than 36 months older than the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainants age nor consent to the act by the complainant shall be a defense; (b) the complainant is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and the actor is more than 24 months older than the complainant. In any such case it shall be an affirmative defense which must be proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the actor believes the complainant to be 16 years of age or older. If the actor in such a case is no more than 48 months but more than 24 months older than the complainant the actor may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years. Consent by the complainant is not a defense; (c) the actor uses force or coercion to accomplish the penetration; (d) the actor knows or has reason to know that the complainant is mentally impaired mentally incapacitated or physically helpless; (e) the complainant is at least 16 but less than 18 years of age and the actor is more than 48 months older than the complainant and in a position of authority over the complainant. Neither mistake as to the complainants age nor consent to the act by the complainant is a defense; (f) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant and the complainant was at least 16 but under 18 years of age at the time of the sexual penetration. Neither mistake as to the complainants age nor consent to the act by the complainant is a defense; (g) the actor has a significant relationship to the complainant the complainant was at least 16 but under 18 years of age at the time of the sexual penetration and: (i) the actor or an accomplice used force or coercion to accomplish the penetration; (ii) the complainant suffered personal injury; or (iii) the sexual abuse involved multiple acts committed over an extended period of time. Neither mistake as to the complainants age nor consent to the act by the complainant is a defense; (h) the actor is a psychotherapist and the complainant is a patient of the psychotherapist and the sexual penetration occurred: (i) during the psychotherapy session; or (ii) outside the psychotherapy session if an ongoing psychotherapist-patient relationship exists. Consent by the complainant is not a defense; (i) the actor is a psychotherapist and the complai