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Multistate Bar Examination Practice Question

A 20-year-old individual engages in a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old in a jurisdiction where the age of consent is 17. The older individual mistakenly believed the younger person was 18, based on a fake ID shown by the younger individual. Under this jurisdiction’s statutory rape law, is the older individual criminally responsible for statutory rape?

  • No, because the older individual reasonably believed the younger person was above the age of consent.

  • No, because the sexual relationship was consensual, and the younger individual misled the older individual about their age.

  • Yes, because statutory rape laws impose strict liability, and the victim was under the age of consent.

  • Yes, because the older individual was legally obligated to verify the younger person’s age beyond any presented documentation.

Multistate Bar Examination
Criminal Law and Procedure
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