United States v. Eric Eugene Brooks

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• observing California as the first state to recognize the mistake of fact defense judicially
• observing California as the first state to recognize the mistake of fact defense judicially
• explaining that “[s]tatutory rape in sum has been and is a rec- ognized judicial exception to the general principle that mistake of fact is a defense if it negatives the existence of a mental state essential to the crime charged” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• federal constitution does not require that statutory rape defendant be allowed to assert defense of reasonable misstate of fact as to the victim’s age
• male over 25 and female under 17
• male over 25 and female under 17

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