Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
If you are sodomized can it still be called rape? I know rape is the act of aggression and I would rape would be the general term and sodomy would be the subcategory of rape. My girlfriend is an officer and she said rape is only when a penis and vagina are involved. Does rape not have an initial broad category that obviously most civilians would use?
Asked on 4/14/14, 12:24 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
David Brown
D. Glenn Brown
Sodomy can be considered rape. Any object that penetrates the victim against their will can be the basis for rape.Sodomy is when the object used penetrates the anus.
Answered on 4/14/14, 1:41 pm
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