Opinion ID: 2070372
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Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Sexual Assault: Degrees

Text: Section 28-319 provides in part: (1) Any person who subjects another person to sexual penetration and (a) overcomes the victim by force, threat of force, express or implied, coercion, or deception, (b) knew or should have known that the victim was mentally or physically incapable of resisting or appraising the nature of his or her conduct... is guilty of sexual assault in the first degree. (2) Sexual assault in the first degree is a Class II felony. Neb.Rev.Stat. § 28-320 (Reissue 1985) provides in part: (1) Any person who subjects another person to sexual contact and (a) overcomes the victim by force, threat of force, express or implied, coercion, or deception, or (b) knew or should have known that the victim was physically or mentally incapable of resisting or appraising the nature of his or her conduct is guilty of sexual assault in either the second degree or third degree. (2) Sexual assault shall be in the second degree ... if the actor shall have caused serious personal injury to the victim.