Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 5/17/1994

State v. Jones

Citations

889 S.W.2d 225
1994 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 309

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holding that the statutory language requires that in rape cases, “intentional,” “knowing,” -10- and “reckless” all should have been charged to the jury
holding that, when a trial court made an omission in a jury instruction, “[t]he instruction given by the trial court favored the defense. . . . Thus, the omission did not affect the results of the trial.”
stating that “consent is never a defense to a sex offense when the victim is less than thirteen years of age”
“[c]onsent is never a defense to a sex offense when the victim is less than thirteen years of age.”
consent is not a defense to aggravated rape when the factor elevating the crim e to aggr avated ra pe is the a ge of the victim
“the term <unlawful’ may generally refer to non-consensual acts”

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Judges: Byers, John, Jones, Wade

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