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Nov 25, 2013 criminal-law statutory-rape evidence age-determination rape supreme-court

Proving the Victim's Age in Statutory Rape Cases: Lessons from People v. Hilarion

The Supreme Court clarifies how the prosecution must prove a rape victim's age, and why the failure to do so downgrades statutory rape to simple rape.