Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (2024)
Mitigated statutory rape - Statutory rape - Aggravated statutory rape
✓ Justia copy: laws through about 2024 (2025 and 2026 sessions missing)
- (a) Mitigated statutory rape is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant, or of the defendant by the victim when the victim is at least fifteen (15) but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the defendant is at least four (4) but not more than five (5) years older than the victim.
- (b) Statutory rape is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or of the defendant by the victim when:
- (1) The victim is at least thirteen (13) but less than fifteen (15) years of age and the defendant is at least four (4) years but less than ten (10) years older than the victim; or
- (2) The victim is at least fifteen (15) but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the defendant is more than five (5) but less than ten (10) years older than the victim.
- (c) Aggravated statutory rape is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant, or of the defendant by the victim when the victim is at least thirteen (13) but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the defendant is at least ten (10) years older than the victim.
- (d)
- (1) Mitigated statutory rape is a Class E felony.
- (2)
- (A) Statutory rape is a Class E felony.
- (B) In addition to the punishment provided for a person who commits statutory rape for the first time, the trial judge may order, after taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the offense, including the offense for which the person was originally charged and whether the conviction was the result of a plea bargain agreement, that the person be required to register as a sexual offender pursuant to title 40, chapter 39, part 2.
- (3) Aggravated statutory rape is a Class D felony.
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1990, ch. 980, § 4; 1994, ch. 719, § 1; 2005, ch. 487, § 4; 2006, ch. 890, § 5; 2007, ch. 594, § 7; 2012, ch. 883, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 136
cases (28 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: STATE of Tennessee v. DeWayne COLLIER, 411 S.W.3d 886 (Tenn. 2013).
STATE of Tennessee v. DeWayne COLLIER, 411 S.W.3d 886 (Tenn. 2013). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (c) (Supp.2008).”
State v. Evans, 108 S.W.3d 231 (Tenn. 2003). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-522(a). 2 . Tenn.Code Ann.”
State v. McCary, 922 S.W.2d 511 (Tenn. 1996). “NOTES [1] Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-504 (1991). [2] Tenn.”
State v. McKnight, 900 S.W.2d 36 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506. The defendant was charged with the crime of rape on each of the statutory rape convictions.”
United States v. Faustino Gomez, 757 F.3d 885 (9th Cir. 2014). “Codified Laws § 22-22-1 (5); Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506(b); Utah Code Ann.”
State v. Ballinger, 93 S.W.3d 881 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001). ““ ‘sexual penetration’ means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person’s body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of the victim’s, the defendant’s, or any other person’s body, but…”
Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, 581 U.S. 385 (2017). “§ 97-3-67 (Supp. 1993) North Dakota N. D. Cent.”
State v. Lane, 3 S.W.3d 456 (Tenn. 1999). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (1997). 3 . Tenn.”
Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003). “, Tenn. Code Ann. §39-13-506 (1997); Ore. Rev.”
United States v. Eduardo Rangel-Castaneda, 709 F.3d 373 (4th Cir. 2013). “315; Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506; Utah Code Ann.”
United States v. Rodriguez-Guzman, 506 F.3d 738 (9th Cir. 2007). “435; Tennessee (18), Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (if defendant is more than five years older than victim); Texas (17), Tex.”
State v. Brock, 940 S.W.2d 577 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1996). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (subsection (b) was repealed in 1994).”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(2)(A): 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Cody Lee Crawford, No. E2014-01868-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. June 10, 2015).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(a): 14 cases
State v. Ballinger, 93 S.W.3d 881 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001). ““ ‘sexual penetration’ means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person’s body or of any object into the genital or anal openings of the victim’s, the defendant’s, or any other person’s body, but…”
STATE of Tennessee v. DeWayne COLLIER, 411 S.W.3d 886 (Tenn. 2013). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (c) (Supp.2008).”
State v. Ealey, 959 S.W.2d 605 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997).
State v. Jones, 889 S.W.2d 225 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994).
State v. Stokes, 24 S.W.3d 303 (Tenn. 2000).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(b): 8 cases
STATE of Tennessee v. DeWayne COLLIER, 411 S.W.3d 886 (Tenn. 2013). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (c) (Supp.2008).”
United States v. Faustino Gomez, 757 F.3d 885 (9th Cir. 2014). “Codified Laws § 22-22-1 (5); Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506(b); Utah Code Ann.”
State v. Brock, 940 S.W.2d 577 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1996). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (subsection (b) was repealed in 1994).”
State of Tennessee v. Steven Matthew Messer, No. E2013-00647-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Jan. 22, 2014).
State of Tennessee v. Cary Arnaz Harbin, III, No. M2013-02742-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Oct. 15, 2014).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(b)(1): 5 cases
State of Tennessee v. Joshua Anthony Williams, Alias, No. E2023-00996-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 26, 2024).
State of Tennessee v. Andrew Douglas Rush, No. M2009-02253-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 29, 2010).
State of Tennessee v. Ryan Smith, No. M2009-01976-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. July 29, 2010).
State of Tennessee v. Tarrants Chandler, No. M2013-00279-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. July 7, 2014).
State of Tennessee v. Jeremiah McDaniel, No. E2019-01862-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Feb. 24, 2022).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(b)(2): 7 cases
United States v. Faustino Gomez, 757 F.3d 885 (9th Cir. 2014). “Codified Laws § 22-22-1 (5); Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506(b); Utah Code Ann.”
State of Tennessee v. Eric Foster, No. E2018-01205-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 9, 2019).
State of Tennessee v. Benjamin N. Widrick, No. M2020-01048-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 15, 2021).
State of Tennessee v. Clyde E. Willis, No. W2023-01309-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Jan. 27, 2025).
State of Tennessee v. Jerry L. Crawford Jr., No. W2011-02651-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. June 19, 2012).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(c): 17 cases
State of Tennessee v. Barry H. Hogg, 448 S.W.3d 877 (Tenn. 2014).
United States v. Eduardo Rangel-Castaneda, 709 F.3d 373 (4th Cir. 2013). “315; Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-13-506; Utah Code Ann.”
State of Tennessee v. Jonathan Wade Rosson, No. M2010-01361-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. May 18, 2012).
State of Tennessee v. Larry Michael Berkley, No. W2015-00831-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. May 17, 2016).
State of Tennessee v. Gary Ray Weldon, No. E2017-01474-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. July 9, 2018).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(c)(2003): 1 case
Leslie Paul Hatfield v. Jim Morrow, No. E2009-01127-CCA-R3-HC (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 14, 2010).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(d): 3 cases
State of Tennessee v. Cary Arnaz Harbin, III, No. M2013-02742-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Oct. 15, 2014).
State of Tennessee v. Ryan Smith, No. M2009-01976-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. July 29, 2010).
State of Tennessee v. Antoine Tony Blugh, No. E2014-01597-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Oct. 23, 2015).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(d)(2)(A): 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Benjamin N. Widrick, No. M2020-01048-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 15, 2021).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(d)(2)(B): 10 cases
State of Tennessee v. Stephanie Lynn Bickford, No. M2015-00628-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 23, 2016).
State of Tennessee v. Paul Avery Reno, No. M2016-01903-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. July 18, 2017).
State of Tennessee v. Edward Earl Killgo, No. E2020-00996-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. June 24, 2022).
State of Tennessee v. Joshua Anthony Williams, Alias, No. E2023-00996-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 26, 2024).
State of Tennessee v. Presley William Nave, Jr., No. M2018-02085-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Feb. 18, 2020).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506(d)(3): 2 cases
STATE of Tennessee v. DeWayne COLLIER, 411 S.W.3d 886 (Tenn. 2013). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (c) (Supp.2008).”
State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey Lee Turner, No. W2007-01364-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. May 8, 2008).
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