Can A 19 Year Old Date A 16 Year Old Legally In Texas?
Texas, like many states, doesn’t recognize a mistake-of-age defense for sex crimes involving underage victims, even if the defendant’s belief was reasonable or the child lied about their age or looked older. Defendants charged with a statutory rape crime have the usual defenses available to all criminal defendants, such as “Someone else committed this crime,” […]
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