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STATUTORY RAPE LAWS

By Walin & Klarich

The recently reported pregnancy of sixteen-year-old television star Jamie Lynn Spears has drawn a spotlight on the issue of statutory rape and the different state laws that apply. While most high school aged people do not travel extensively interstate, apparently, given Ms. Spears? occupation, and her domicile in Louisiana and the baby?s alleged father?s domicile in Mississippi, and the fact that apparently Ms. Spears and the alleged father traveled to California to enable Ms. Spears to tape her television program, this means that any criminal liability would have to be determined in the state where the potential sex act or acts occurred. In California, if a person has ?consensual? sex with a minor, and the person not more than three years older than the minor, the person has committed a misdemeanor crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on January 29, 2008 (boomark / email).