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Multistate Bar Examination Practice Question

Alex owns a self-service vending machine that dispenses highly caffeinated energy drinks. State law makes it a strict-liability crime to sell any such drink to a person under 18 years of age. A 16-year-old purchases a drink from the machine. At trial, Alex introduces evidence that he programmed the machine to require customers to confirm that they are over 18 and that he had no intent to sell to minors. Which of the following, if true, would defeat Alex's criminal liability?

  • He is liable regardless of intent or precautions because the statute imposes strict liability for any sale to a minor.

  • He reasonably believed the purchaser was at least 18 years old.

  • The minor deliberately bypassed the machine's age-verification prompt.

  • He did not intend to sell the beverage to a minor.

Multistate Bar Examination
Criminal Law and Procedure
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