New answers tagged rape
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Rape of a voluntarily intoxicated person
Yes and yes and no, respectively
new-south-wales
An intoxicated person is incapable of consenting to sex. It doesn’t matter how they became intoxicated. Crimes Act 1900 s61HJ:
61HJ Circumstances in ...
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Rape of a voluntarily intoxicated person
canada
The voluntariness of the intoxication is a red herring. It plays zero role in the analysis of sexual assault. What matters is:
whether there was sexual touching;
whether the complainant had ...
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