Florida Statutes 794.021 – Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 794.021
- person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
- Victim: means a person who has been the object of a sexual offense. See Florida Statutes 794.011
When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim‘s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age be a defense.