Mo. Rev. Stat. § 566.061 : — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERSSEXUAL OFFENSES — Sodomy in the second degree, penalty TEXT PDF 1. A person commits the offense of sodomy in the second degree if he or she has deviate sexual intercourse with another person knowing that he or she does so without that person's consent. 2. The offense of sodomy in the second degree is a class D felony. § 566.061, RSMo Amended by 2014 Mo. Laws, SB 491,s A, eff. 1/1/2017. Added by 2013 Mo. Laws, HB 215,s A, eff. 7/2/2013. *Transferred 2013; formerly 566.070 Child abuse, definitions, actions for civil damages may be brought, when, 537.046