Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3 (2026)

Aggravated sexual battery; penalty

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A. An accused is guilty of aggravated sexual battery if he or she sexually abuses the complaining witness, and

1. The complaining witness is less than 13 years of age; or

2. The act is accomplished through the use of the complaining witness's mental incapacity or physical helplessness; or

3. The offense is committed by a parent, step-parent, grandparent, or step-grandparent and the complaining witness is at least 13 but less than 18 years of age; or

4. The act is accomplished against the will of the complaining witness by force, threat or intimidation, and

a. The complaining witness is at least 13 but less than 15 years of age; or

b. The accused causes serious bodily or mental injury to the complaining witness; or

c. The accused uses or threatens to use a dangerous weapon; or

5. The offense is not a recognized form of treatment in the profession, and is committed, without the express consent of the patient, by (i) a massage therapist, or a person purporting to be a massage therapist, during an actual or purported practice of massage therapy, as those terms are defined in § 54.1-3000; (ii) a person practicing or purporting to practice the healing arts, during an actual or purported practice of the healing arts, as those terms are defined in §§ 54.1-2900 and 54.1-2903; or (iii) a physical therapist, or a person purporting to be a physical therapist, during an actual or purported practice of physical therapy, as those terms are defined in § 54.1-3473.

B. Aggravated sexual battery is a felony punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for a term of not less than one nor more than 20 years and by a fine of not more than $100,000.

1981, c. 397; 1993, c. 590; 2004, c. 843; 2005, cc. 185, 406; 2020, c. 1003.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 313 cases (106 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: Nicholson v. Commonwealth, 694 S.E.2d 788 (Va. Ct. App. 2010).

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Nicholson v. Commonwealth, 694 S.E.2d 788 (Va. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 26× “Woodrow Wilson Nicholson (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial of aggravated sexual battery, through the use of the victim’s mental incapacity, in violation of Code § 18.2-67.3. On appeal, appellant argues that the Commonwealth failed to prove he committed aggravated sexual…”

De'Armond v. Commonwealth, 654 S.E.2d 317 (Va. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 16× “See Code § 18.2-67.3(A)(1). On appeal, he claims the trial court should have merged the three charges into one.”

Martin v. Com., 630 S.E.2d 291 (Va. 2006). · cites it 14× “Martin was convicted of aggravated sexual battery, a violation of Code § 18.2-67.3, based on events occurring in February 2003.”

Johnathan Reeves Robinson v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 828 S.E.2d 269 (Va. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 7× “First, Johnson had touched the genitalia and buttocks of the victim to sexually arouse or gratify himself, satisfying the requirement in Code § 18.2-67.3 for sexual abuse, as defined in Code § 18.”

Kauffmann v. Commonwealth, 382 S.E.2d 279 (Va. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 8× “Code § 18.2-67.3. Since the evidence would not support a finding that Kristi was not between thirteen and fifteen years of age, it being uncontradicted that she was fourteen, a sexual battery instruction would have been inappropriate in this case.”

Clark v. Commonwealth, 517 S.E.2d 260 (Va. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 8× “On appeal from his convictions of aggravated sexual battery, in violation of Code § 18.2-67.3, and object sexual penetration, in violation of Code § 18.”

Garland v. Commonwealth, 379 S.E.2d 146 (Va. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 8× “George Oliver Garland, appellant, was convicted on May 8, 1987, in a bench trial of aggravated sexual battery pursuant to the provisions of Code § 18.2-67.3. On appeal he raises the following issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the prosecutrix’s…”

M.G. v. Albemarle Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 583 S.E.2d 761 (Va. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “Virginia’s Code § 18.2-67.3 defines aggravated sexual battery as encompassing the sexual abuse of a complaining witness who is less than thirteen years of age and proscribes the offense as a felony.”

Justo Mazariegos Campos v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 800 S.E.2d 174 (Va. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “HUFF Justo Mazariegos Campos (“appellant”) appeals his convictions of aggravated sexual battery by a parent, in violation of *697 Code § 18.2-67.3(A)(3); carnal knowledge of a child, in violation of Code § 18.”

Wactor v. Commonwealth, 564 S.E.2d 160 (Va. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “1), aggravated sexual battery (Code § 18.2-67.3), and sexual battery (Code § 18.”

Franklin Minor v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 791 S.E.2d 757 (Va. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Franklin Minor, appellant, was convicted of five counts of aggravated sexual battery by a stepparent in violation of Code § 18.2-67.3 and four counts of rape of a child in violation of Code § 18.”

Walker v. Commonwealth, 404 S.E.2d 394 (Va. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 14× “Code § 18.2-67.3 provides: Aggravated sexual battery.”

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— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(1) — 5 cases

Gilliam v. Commonwealth, 465 S.E.2d 592 (Va. Ct. App. 1996).

Tharrington v. Commonwealth, 346 S.E.2d 337 (Va. Ct. App. 1986).

Clifford v. Commonwealth, 633 S.E.2d 178 (Va. Ct. App. 2006).

White v. Commonwealth, 583 S.E.2d 771 (Va. Ct. App. 2003).

Guadalupe Zeledon Diaz v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2022).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(2) — 1 case

Martin v. Com., 630 S.E.2d 291 (Va. 2006). “Martin was convicted of aggravated sexual battery, a violation of Code § 18.2-67.3, based on events occurring in February 2003.”

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(2)(a) — 1 case

Edward Eugene Cox, s/k/a, etc v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2002).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(3) — 1 case

Jimmy Franklin Moran, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2010).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A) — 10 cases

Nicholson v. Commonwealth, 694 S.E.2d 788 (Va. Ct. App. 2010). “Woodrow Wilson Nicholson (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial of aggravated sexual battery, through the use of the victim’s mental incapacity, in violation of Code § 18.2-67.3. On appeal, appellant argues that the Commonwealth failed to prove he committed aggravated sexual…”

Harper v. Commonwealth, 675 S.E.2d 841 (Va. Ct. App. 2009).

DiCaprio-Cuozzo v. Johnson, 744 F. Supp. 2d 548 (E.D. Va. 2010).

James Archer Martin v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2005).

Gilbert R. Nelson v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2021).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(1) — 46 cases

De'Armond v. Commonwealth, 654 S.E.2d 317 (Va. Ct. App. 2007). “See Code § 18.2-67.3(A)(1). On appeal, he claims the trial court should have merged the three charges into one.”

Martin v. Com., 630 S.E.2d 291 (Va. 2006). “Martin was convicted of aggravated sexual battery, a violation of Code § 18.2-67.3, based on events occurring in February 2003.”

Kelly Daniel Bass v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 829 S.E.2d 554 (Va. Ct. App. 2019).

Carpitcher v. Com., 641 S.E.2d 486 (Va. 2007).

Walker v. Commonwealth, 404 S.E.2d 394 (Va. Ct. App. 1991). “Code § 18.2-67.3 provides: Aggravated sexual battery.”

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(2) — 13 cases

Bowden v. Commonwealth, 667 S.E.2d 27 (Va. Ct. App. 2008).

Walker v. Commonwealth, 404 S.E.2d 394 (Va. Ct. App. 1991). “Code § 18.2-67.3 provides: Aggravated sexual battery.”

Richard Rawlings Piland, a/k/a Richard Rawlings Piland, III v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2025).

Ryan Stacy v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2019).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(2)(a) — 1 case

Walker v. Commonwealth, 404 S.E.2d 394 (Va. Ct. App. 1991). “Code § 18.2-67.3 provides: Aggravated sexual battery.”

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(2)(b) — 2 cases

Walker v. Commonwealth, 404 S.E.2d 394 (Va. Ct. App. 1991). “Code § 18.2-67.3 provides: Aggravated sexual battery.”

Huffman v. Beverly California Corp., 42 Va. Cir. 205 (Rockingham Cir. Ct. 1997).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(3) — 13 cases

Justo Mazariegos Campos v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 800 S.E.2d 174 (Va. Ct. App. 2017). “HUFF Justo Mazariegos Campos (“appellant”) appeals his convictions of aggravated sexual battery by a parent, in violation of *697 Code § 18.2-67.3(A)(3); carnal knowledge of a child, in violation of Code § 18.”

Pulliam v. Commonwealth, 688 S.E.2d 910 (Va. Ct. App. 2010).

Ronald Stuart Murry, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 743 S.E.2d 302 (Va. Ct. App. 2013).

Todd Leslie Puckett v. K.S. (Va. Ct. App. 2025).

Keith Cavelle Mitchell v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2022).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(4) — 5 cases

Jeffrey Dean Bondi v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 824 S.E.2d 512 (Va. Ct. App. 2019).

Ondria Samuel Hardeman v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2024).

Shawn Lamonte Robinson v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2022).

John Pleasant Johnson, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2023).

Anthony Michael Lochetto v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2023).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(4)(a) — 4 cases

Marcos Oswaldo Chavarria Bermudez v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2022).

Gilbert R. Nelson v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2021).

Jonathan Almanza Zapata v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2025).

Dustin Keith Conley v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2022).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(4)(b) — 2 cases

Jonathan Almanza Zapata v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2025).

Lee Jeffrey Borras v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2017).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(4)(c) — 2 cases

Christopher Parris Cabral v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 815 S.E.2d 805 (Va. Ct. App. 2018).

Michael Eligisah Watkins v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2025).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(A)(5) — 1 case

Shawn Lamonte Robinson v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2022).

— Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-67.3(B) — 12 cases

Gilliam v. Commonwealth, 465 S.E.2d 592 (Va. Ct. App. 1996).

Tracy W. Willard, a/k/a Willie Tracy Willard, s/k/a Tracy Willy Willard v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2018).

Chancelier Fazili v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2019).

Cory Deon Coates v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2023).

Sunil Nasim v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2023).

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