Superseded Effective July 1, 1998.

Title 21. Crimes and Punishments.

Chapter 34
§886. Crime Against Nature-Punishment

Every person who is guilty of the detestable and abominable crime against nature, committed with mankind or with a beast, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years. Any person convicted of a second violation of this section, where the victim of the second offense is a person under sixteen (16) years of age, shall not be eligible for probation, suspended or deferred sentence. Any person convicted of a third or subsequent violation of this section, where the victim of the third or subsequent offense is a person under sixteen (16) years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of life or life without parole, in the discretion of the jury, or in case the jury fail or refuse to fix punishment then the same shall be pronounced by the court.

R.L. 1910, § 2444; Laws 1992, c. 289, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992.