Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95
Sexual battery
- (1) A person is guilty of sexual battery if he or she engages in sexual penetration with:
- (a) Another person without his or her consent;
- (b) A mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person;
- (c) A child at least fourteen (14) but under sixteen (16) years of age, if the person is thirty-six (36) or more months older than the child; or
- (d) A child under the age of fourteen (14) years of age, if the person is twenty-four (24) or more months older than the child.
- (2) A person is guilty of sexual battery if he or she engages in sexual penetration with a child under the age of eighteen (18) years if the person is in a position of trust or authority over the child including without limitation the child's teacher, counselor, physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, minister, priest, physical therapist, chiropractor, legal guardian, parent, stepparent, aunt, uncle, scout leader or coach.
Laws, 1980, ch. 450, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 429, § 3; Laws, 1985, ch. 389, § 6; Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 549, § 3, eff. 7/1/1998.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 430
cases (57 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: Dewayne Graham v. State of Mississippi
Dewayne Graham v. State of Mississippi (2016)
“See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-95 , 97-3-64(4)(a) (Rev.”
Casey Mark Burgess v. State of Mississippi (2015)
“See generally Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-95 , 97-3-99 (Rev.”
Jones v. State (2008)
“[4] Sections 97-3-95 was last revised on July 1, 1998.”
McBride v. State (2010)
“His indictment was labeled at the top of the form, "SEXUAL BATTERY MCA Section 97-3-95." It alleged that he "on or about or between January 2002, and December 2005 .”
Ishee v. State (2001)
“Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-95 (2000), defines sexual battery.”
Puckett v. State (1999)
“Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-95 (1994). Furthermore, § 97-3-97 provides definitions of certain relevant language contained within § 97-3-95 and states: For purposes of sections 97-3-95 through 97-3-103 the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context…”
Smith v. State (2006)
“Section 97-3-95(1)(c) and Count II of touching and handling a child for lustful purposes under Miss.”
Roberson v. State (1987)
“PRATHER, Justice, for the Court: This appeal challenges the constitutionality of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95 (Supp. 1986), [1] prohibiting sexual battery.”
Rickey Portis v. State of Mississippi (2018)
“" Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95 (1)(d) (Rev. 2014).”
Matthew Blake Courtney v. State of Mississippi (2019)
“Matthew Blake Courtney appeals his conviction of one count of sexual battery in violation of Mississippi Code Section 97-3-95(1)(a) (Rev. 2014). The trial court sentenced Courtney to serve a period of twenty-five years.”
Simoneaux v. State (2009)
“Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95 . The differences do not stop there.”
Hennington v. State (1997)
“The two statutes that are controlling in this case are Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95 and § 97-3-97. § 97-3-95.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(1) — 20 cases
Weeks v. State (2013)
Simoneaux v. State (2009)
“Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95 . The differences do not stop there.”
Ivy v. State (2007)
Goforth v. State (2011)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(1)(a) — 33 cases
Matthew Blake Courtney v. State of Mississippi (2019)
“Matthew Blake Courtney appeals his conviction of one count of sexual battery in violation of Mississippi Code Section 97-3-95(1)(a) (Rev. 2014). The trial court sentenced Courtney to serve a period of twenty-five years.”
Casey Mark Burgess v. State of Mississippi (2015)
“See generally Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-95 , 97-3-99 (Rev.”
Wilkins v. State (2008)
Hawthorne v. State (1999)
Moody v. State (2003)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(1)(a)(d) — 1 case
Parkman v. State (2007)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(1)(b) — 3 cases
Casey Mark Burgess v. State of Mississippi (2015)
“See generally Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-95 , 97-3-99 (Rev.”
Hawthorne v. State (1999)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(1)(c) — 34 cases
Jones v. State (2008)
“[4] Sections 97-3-95 was last revised on July 1, 1998.”
Smith v. State (2006)
“Section 97-3-95(1)(c) and Count II of touching and handling a child for lustful purposes under Miss.”
Puckett v. State (1999)
“Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-95 (1994). Furthermore, § 97-3-97 provides definitions of certain relevant language contained within § 97-3-95 and states: For purposes of sections 97-3-95 through 97-3-103 the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context…”
Kearley v. State (2002)
Ishee v. State (2001)
“Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-95 (2000), defines sexual battery.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(1)(c)(1994) — 2 cases
Watts v. State (1999)
Gazzier v. State (1999)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(1)(d) — 71 cases
Rickey Portis v. State of Mississippi (2018)
“" Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95 (1)(d) (Rev. 2014).”
Hobgood v. State (2006)
Jones v. State (2008)
“[4] Sections 97-3-95 was last revised on July 1, 1998.”
Bishop v. State (2008)
McBride v. State (2010)
“His indictment was labeled at the top of the form, "SEXUAL BATTERY MCA Section 97-3-95." It alleged that he "on or about or between January 2002, and December 2005 .”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(2) — 39 cases
Anderson v. State (2011)
Wilson v. State (2011)
Gill v. State (2013)
Torrey v. State (2004)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(2)(1994) — 2 cases
Carter v. State (1999)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(2)(a) — 1 case
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(a) — 7 cases
Dewayne Graham v. State of Mississippi (2016)
“See Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-95 , 97-3-64(4)(a) (Rev.”
Genry v. State (1999)
Green v. State (2004)
Wilson v. State (2002)
Allred v. State (2014)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(c) — 21 cases
Cantrell v. State (1987)
Crawford v. State (2000)
Allen v. State (2006)
Gunter v. Gray (2004)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(d) — 5 cases
King v. State (2003)
Dawkins v. State (2005)
Renfrow v. State (2004)
Renfrow v. State (2004)
Allred v. State (2005)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(e) — 1 case
Hines v. State (2013)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(i)(a) — 1 case
Casey Mark Burgess v. State of Mississippi (2015)
“See generally Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-95 , 97-3-99 (Rev.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(l)(a) — 16 cases
Purnell v. State (2013)
Casey Mark Burgess v. State of Mississippi (2015)
“See generally Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-3-95 , 97-3-99 (Rev.”
Palmer v. State (2014)
Taylor v. State (2013)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(l)(b) — 3 cases
Peckinpaugh v. State (2006)
Holmes v. State (2008)
Santos v. State (2013)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(l)(c) — 15 cases
Goforth v. State (2011)
Palmer v. State (2014)
City of Jackson v. Sandifer (2013)
Hines v. State (2013)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(l)(d) — 32 cases
Wallace v. State (2009)
Bateman v. State (2013)
— Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-95(l)(e) — 1 case
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