Legal Opinion
In re G.T.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 19, 2000No. 96-610PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.
G.T. appeals from a family court order adjudicating him to be a delinquent child because he is guilty of statutory rape, that is, he engaged in a sexual act with a person under the age of sixteen years, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a)(3). At the time of the alleged offense, G.T. was fourteen years of age. He contends that, as a person within the protection of the statutory rape statute, he cannot be charged with violating the statute. We agree and reverse.
*508The trial court’s findings are not contested on appeal. G.T. lived across the street from M.N., a twelve-year-old girl. The two had…
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