9 GCA § 25.30
Fourth Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct
View official PDF ↗(a)A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree if he or she engages in sexual contact with another person and if any of the following circumstances exists:
(1)force or coercion is used to accomplish the sexual contact;
(2)the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally impaired, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless;
(3)the victim is at least fourteen
(14)years of age and under sixteen
(16)years of age.
(b)Criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree is a felony of the third degree, except, where the actor is a first time offender and the victim is eighteen
(18)years of age or older, it shall be a misdemeanor.
§ The story of this section
- Amended by P.L. 15-60 § 1 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
- Amended by P.L. 20-209 § 1 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
- Amended by P.L. 36-79 § 1 — introduced as Bill 174-36 · introduced by Frank Blas Jr + 4 cosponsors
- Amended by P.L. 36-101 § 6 — introduced as Bill 243-36 · introduced by Mary Camacho Torres + 12 cosponsors
Interpreted by the courts:
- 2007 Guam 19 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew M. Tenorio, Defendant-Appellant (2007) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶51
- 2013 Guam 24 — The People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry Cepeda Chinel, Defendant-Appellant (2013) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (a)(l) at ¶3
- 2014 Guam 29 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elpidio T. Fegarido, Defendant-Appellant, CRA13-015 (2014) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · pinpoints (a)(2) at ¶34
- 2022 Guam 14 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Normandy Ilagan Penaflorida, Defendant-Appellant (2022) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (a), (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (b) at ¶1
- 2022 Guam 15 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Renato Capili Bosi, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee (2022) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · pinpoints (a)(1) at ¶17
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.