New York Penal Code § 120.70

Luring a child
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§ 120.70 Luring a child.\n  1. A person is guilty of luring a child when he or she lures a child\ninto a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, isolated area, building, or\npart thereof, for the purpose of committing against such child any of\nthe following offenses: an offense as defined in section 70.02 of this\nchapter; an offense as defined in section 125.25 or 125.27 of this\nchapter; a felony offense that is a violation of article one hundred\nthirty of this chapter; an offense as defined in section 135.25 of this\nchapter; an offense as defined in sections 230.30, 230.33, 230.34 or\n230.34-a of this chapter; an offense as defined in sections 255.25,\n255.26, or 255.27 of this chapter; or an offense as defined in sections\n263.05, 263.10, or 263.15 of this chapter. For purposes of this\nsubdivision "child" means a person less than seventeen years of age.\nNothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude, if the evidence\nwarrants, a conviction for the commission or attempted commission of any\ncrime, including but not limited to a crime defined in article one\nhundred thirty-five of this chapter.\n  2. Luring a child is a class E felony, provided, however, that if the\nunderlying offense the actor intended to commit against such child\nconstituted a class A or a class B felony, then the offense of luring a\nchild in violation of this section shall be deemed respectively, a class\nC felony or class D felony.\n

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