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K.S.A. § 21-3501 (2026)

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21-3501.

History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3501; L. 1983, ch. 109, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 149, § 14; L. 1991, ch. 86, § 1; Repealed, L. 2010, ch. 136, § 307; July 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 106 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1975–2026 · leading case: State v. Carr, 331 P.3d 544 (Kan. 2014).
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State v. Carr, 331 P.3d 544 (Kan. 2014). · cites it 4× “21-3301(a), is “any overt act toward the perpetration of a crime done by a person who intends to commit such crime but fails in the perpetration thereof or is prevented or intercepted in executing such crime.”
State v. Wright, 224 P.3d 1159 (Kan. 2010). · cites it 4× “" K.S.A. 21-3501(1) defines "sexual intercourse" as "any penetration of the female sex organ by a finger,.”
State v. Britt, 287 P.3d 905 (Kan. 2012). · cites it 6× “3d 261 (2012) (rejecting a similar argument regarding the anal penetration required under K.S.A. 21-3501[2] for aggravated criminal sodomy being perpetrated by [1] a body part or [2] an object).”
State v. Colston, 235 P.3d 1234 (Kan. 2010). · cites it 4× “" K.S.A. 21-3501(1) defines "[s]exual intercourse" as "any penetration of the female sex organ by a finger, the male sex organ or any object.”
State v. Arculeo, 36 P.3d 305 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 8× “Sodomy is defined in K.S.A. 21-3501(2) as "oral contact or oral penetration of the female genitalia or oral contact of the male genitalia; anal penetration, however slight, of a male or female by any body part or object; or oral or anal copulation or sexual intercourse between a…”
State v. Zamora, 803 P.2d 568 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 6× “Multiplicity Zamora asserts, with reference to the rape counts, that his fingers were used to spread a lubricant incidental to the sexual intercourse which followed, and that, therefore, the acts constituted one crime of rape, not two. Zamora's contention is not persuasive.”
State v. Prine, 200 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2009). · cites it 4× “at 6-7 (citing K.S.A. 21-3501(1) and, inter alia, In re B.”
State v. Bunyard, 133 P.3d 14 (Kan. 2006). · cites it 4× “1985) (analyzing a definition for sexual intercourse like K.S.A. 21-3501[1]); State v. Crims, 540 N.”
State v. Schad, 795 P.2d 406 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 18× “"(2) The following are prohibited acts under subsection (1): "(a) Sexual intercourse, sodomy or any unlawful sex act, as defined by K.S.A. 21-3501 and amendments thereto; or "(b) any lewd following or touching of the person of either the child or the offender, done or submitted…”
State v. Robbins, 32 P.3d 171 (Kan. 2001). · cites it 4× “See K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 21-3501(1); K.S.A. 21-3502(1)(a) (Ensley 1988); K.”
State v. Denney, 101 P.3d 1257 (Kan. 2004). · cites it 3× “They are defined in K.S.A. 21-3501: “ ‘Sexual intercourse’ moans any penetration of the female sex organ by a finger, the male sex organ or any object.”
State v. Crawford, 795 P.2d 401 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 10× “Webster's Third New International Dictionary 2165 (1976) defines sodomy as `carnal copulation with a member of the same sex or with an animal; nonconsensual copulation with a member of the opposite sex; specif: the penetration of the male sex organ into the mouth or anus of…”
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— K.S.A. § 21-3501(1) — 44 cases
State v. Carr, 331 P.3d 544 (Kan. 2014). “21-3301(a), is “any overt act toward the perpetration of a crime done by a person who intends to commit such crime but fails in the perpetration thereof or is prevented or intercepted in executing such crime.”
State v. Wright, 224 P.3d 1159 (Kan. 2010). “" K.S.A. 21-3501(1) defines "sexual intercourse" as "any penetration of the female sex organ by a finger,.”
State v. Prine, 200 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2009). “at 6-7 (citing K.S.A. 21-3501(1) and, inter alia, In re B.”
State v. McCaslin, 245 P.3d 1030 (Kan. 2011).
State v. Borthwick, 880 P.2d 1261 (Kan. 1994).
— K.S.A. § 21-3501(2) — 35 cases
State v. Smyser, 299 P.3d 309 (Kan. 2013).
State v. Schad, 795 P.2d 406 (Kan. 1990). “"(2) The following are prohibited acts under subsection (1): "(a) Sexual intercourse, sodomy or any unlawful sex act, as defined by K.S.A. 21-3501 and amendments thereto; or "(b) any lewd following or touching of the person of either the child or the offender, done or submitted…”
State v. Crawford, 795 P.2d 401 (Kan. 1990). “Webster's Third New International Dictionary 2165 (1976) defines sodomy as `carnal copulation with a member of the same sex or with an animal; nonconsensual copulation with a member of the opposite sex; specif: the penetration of the male sex organ into the mouth or anus of…”
State v. Stafford, 290 P.3d 562 (Kan. 2012).
State v. Colston, 235 P.3d 1234 (Kan. 2010). “" K.S.A. 21-3501(1) defines "[s]exual intercourse" as "any penetration of the female sex organ by a finger, the male sex organ or any object.”
— K.S.A. § 21-3501(4) — 9 cases
State v. Gibson, 787 P.2d 1176 (Kan. 1990).
State v. Johnson, 156 P.3d 596 (Kan. 2007).
State v. Toothman, 448 P.3d 1039 (Kan. 2019).
State v. Horn, 892 P.2d 513 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995).
State v. Schad, 795 P.2d 406 (Kan. 1990). “"(2) The following are prohibited acts under subsection (1): "(a) Sexual intercourse, sodomy or any unlawful sex act, as defined by K.S.A. 21-3501 and amendments thereto; or "(b) any lewd following or touching of the person of either the child or the offender, done or submitted…”
— K.S.A. § 21-3501(b)(2) — 1 case
State v. Arculeo, 36 P.3d 305 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001). “Sodomy is defined in K.S.A. 21-3501(2) as "oral contact or oral penetration of the female genitalia or oral contact of the male genitalia; anal penetration, however slight, of a male or female by any body part or object; or oral or anal copulation or sexual intercourse between a…”
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