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|facts=The defendant was a 20 year old | |facts=The defendant was a 20 year old retarded man who engaged in sexual intercourse with a 13 year old girl. There was evidence that the girls’ friends told the man that she was 16, and the intercourse was consensual. Second degree rape is when “a person engages in vaginal intercourse with another person: …3) Who is under 14 years of age and the person performing the act is at least four years older than the victim. | ||
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|issues=Whether the statute defines a strict liability offense, because it does not require that the accused have acted with a criminal state of mind. | |issues=Whether the statute defines a strict liability offense, because it does not require that the accused have acted with a criminal state of mind. |