Student Handbook

1.6.7.4 - Rape (ORC SECTION 2907.02)

  • No person shall engage in sexual conduct with another who is not the spouse of the offender or who is the spouse of the offender but is living separate and apart from the offender, when any of the following applies:

(1) For the purpose of preventing resistance, the offender substantially impairs the other person's judgment or control by administering any drug, intoxicant, or controlled substance to the other person surreptitiously or by force, threat of force, or deception.

(2) The other person is less than thirteen years of age, whether or not the offender knows the age of the other person.

(3) The other person's ability to resist or consent is substantially impaired because of a mental or physical condition or because of advanced age, and the offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person's ability to resist or consent is substantially impaired because of a mental or physical condition or because of advanced age.

  • No person shall engage in sexual conduct with another when the offender purposely compels the other person to submit by force or threat of force.