Age of Consent in Missouri

Q: If a 16 almost 17 year old gets pregnant by a23 year old that she is in a relationship with could he get in trouble?

2 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Missouri on Jan 18, 2016
Answered on Feb 3, 2016

Richard C Simons' answer
They most certainly can get in trouble. The crime is statutory sodomy Section 566.064 of the missouri revised statutes states the following. 566.064. 1. A person commits the crime of statutory sodomy in the second degree if being twenty-one years of age or older, he has deviate sexual intercourse with another person who 

is less than seventeen years of age. 

2. Statutory sodomy in the second degree is a class C felony.

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