Legal Opinion
People v. Cash
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 19, 1984No. 68064, (Calendar No. 18)Published
1Opinion of the Court
419 Mich. 230 (1984)
351 N.W.2d 822
PEOPLE
v.
CASH
Docket No. 68064, (Calendar No. 18).
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Argued June 7, 1983.
Decided July 19, 1984.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Conrad J. Sindt, Prosecuting Attorney, and Richard A. Pattison, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
State Appellate Defender (by Herb Jordan) for the defendant.
WILLIAMS, C.J.
The main issue presented in this case requires us to reconsider whether a reasonable mistake of fact as to a complainant's age is a defense to a statutory rape charge. Over 61 years ago, this…
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