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IC 35-46-1-8
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
Sec. 8. (a) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who knowingly or intentionally encourages, aids, induces, or causes a person less than eighteen (18) years of age to commit an act of delinquency (as defined by IC 31-37-1 or IC 31-37-2) commits contributing to delinquency, a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) However, the offense described in subsection (a) is a Class C felony:
(1) if:
(A) the person committing the offense is at least twenty-one (21) years of age and knowingly or intentionally furnishes:
(i) an alcoholic beverage to a person less than eighteen (18) years of age in violation of IC 7.1-5-7-8 when the person committing the offense knew or reasonably should have known that the person furnished the alcoholic beverage was less than eighteen (18) years of age; or
(ii) a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or a drug (as defined in IC 9-13-2-49.1) in violation of Indiana law; and
(B) the consumption, ingestion, or use of the alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, or drug is the proximate cause of the death of any person; or
(2) if the person committing the offense knowingly or intentionally encourages, aids, induces, or causes a person less than eighteen (18) years of age to commit an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult under any of the following:
(A) IC 35-48-4-1.
(B) IC 35-48-4-1.1.
(C) IC 35-48-4-2.
(D) IC 35-48-4-3.
(E) IC 35-48-4-4.
(F) IC 35-48-4-4.5.
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(G) IC 35-48-4-4.6.
(H) IC 35-48-4-5.
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