Rape Flashcards

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Rule

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(1) sexual intercourse (2) without consent

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Resistance Requirement

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  • Brown v. State: “utmost” or “manifest” resistance requirement. (1) Physical resistance and (2) resistance to the very end. Exception if resistance would cause serious bodily harm or death.
  • CA = NO Resistance Requirement
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Mens Rea

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Majority and CA: Rape is a general intent crime

  • If D has an honest and reasonable belief that intercourse was consensual then the MR is not satisfied
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Rape by Fraud

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  • Not rape but is when D induces another to have sex by making false promises
  • Exceptions: Attempting to be someone else (like a spouse) that is rape. Doctor insert tool, but really penis, is rape.
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Rape by Extortion

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Not rape usually, highly coercive non-physical threats

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Consent Automatic

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When married

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MPC

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  • Defines sexual intercourse to include oral and anal
  • No non-consent element
  • Non-physical threats can constitute rape
  • Only applies to male on female penetration
  • Evidentiary standards are backward looking
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Consent impossible when:

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  • Statutory rape: minor
  • Unconscious or asleep
  • Someone is mentally deficient or intoxicated
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