Criminal
Jan. 8, 2013
Legislators vow to change law that let man who tricked woman into sex avoid rape charge
Several legislators vowed Friday to change state law defining rape after the 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned a rape conviction last week in a case in which a man impersonated a woman's boyfriend to have sex with her.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Several legislators vowed Friday to change state law defining rape after the 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned a rape conviction last week in a case in which a man impersonated a woman's boyfriend to have sex with her.
The appeals court ruling cited an 1872 law that said pretending to be someone else to trick another person into having sex is rape only if the defendant impersonates the victim&...
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