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State v. Barlow

Citations

  • 630 A.2d 1299
  • 160 Vt. 527
  • 1993 Vt. LEXIS 69

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  • recognizing that minors often lack experience, perspective, and judgment to avoid choices that could be detrimental to themselves and others
  • recognizing that minors often lack experience, perspective, and judgment to avoid choices that minors often lack experience, perspective, and judgment to avoid choices that could be detrimental to themselves and others
  • rejecting argument that Vermont's statutory rape law is subject to potentially abusive exercise of prosecutorial discretion
  • rejecting argument that Vermont’s statutory rape law is subject to potentially abusive exercise of prosecutorial discretion
  • \The Legislature . . . had a compelling interest in protecting minors when it criminalized sexual relations between adults and minors . . . .\
  • “The Legislature . . . had a compelling interest in protecting minors when it criminalized sexual relations between adults and minors . . . .”

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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