(a) A person commits the crime of rape if:
(1) he has sexual intercourse with another person without that person’s consent by the use of forcible compulsion; or
(2) he has sexual intercourse with another person who is 16 years of age or less.
(b) Rape is a class B felony unless in the course of it the actor inflicts serious physical injury on any person or displays a deadly weapon in a threatening manner, then rape is a class A felony.
History: 1979, PL 16-43 § 2; amd 1992, PL 22-26; amd 2004, PL 28-16.