Legal Opinion
State v. Guest
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided September 1, 1978No. 3533PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NO WITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ. MATTHEWS, Justice.
The question presented in the State’s petition for review is whether an honest and reasonable mistake of fact regarding a victim’s age may serve as a defense to a charge of statutory rape.
On April 7, 1977, the respondents, Moses Guest and Jacob Evan, were charged with the statutory rape of T.D.G., age fifteen, in violation of AS 11.15.120. 1 A motion to sever trials was subsequently granted.
On June 29, 1977, Guest moved the Superior Court, Judge Warren W. Taylor, presiding, to give the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by62 opinions
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