The indictment in this case charges the defendant with aggravated sexual assault. The slightest penetration is sufficient. In other words, it must be shown that the defendant purposely committed the sexual penetration. On the other hand, if you find that the State has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any one or all of these elements, then you must find the defendant not guilty of aggravated sexual assault.
Statutory rape has different and greater elements relating to the ages of the victim and defendant.