Louisiana HB92 amends sex offense laws, adding specific indictment forms and responsive verdicts for rape, and repealing the crime of oral sexual.
Louisiana HB92 modifies the state's sex offense laws by introducing a specific indictment form for forcible or second degree rape and altering the responsive verdicts for first degree rape. The bill retains the current law but adds an exception for when the victim is under the age of 13. It also removes the reference to oral sexual battery and adds attempted sexual battery as a lesser offense. Additionally, the bill repeals the crime of oral sexual battery and makes technical revisions to the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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