Commonwealth v. Knap

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• instruction with language different from Toney declared “balanced and in accord with the principles enunciated in [Toney]”
• mens rea is general principle of jurisprudence and not constitutionally mandated in child sexual assault cases
• elements of statutory rape are [1] sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with [2] child under sixteen years of age
• instruction in accord with principles enunciated in Toney did not amount to “an improper placing of the judicial thumb on the scales against the defendant”
• \[C]onsciousness of innocence [is] a matter more appropriately left to the defendant's closing argument.\
• “[cjonsciousness of innocence [is] a matter more appropriately left to the defendant’s closing argument”

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