Legal Question in Criminal Law in Minnesota
Rape
In Minnesota is it illegal to have sexual relations with someone if you knowingly have a deadly sexual transmitted disease? ex. (HIV or AIDS) Could this not be considered murder?
Asked on 8/28/06, 11:22 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Thomas C. Gallagher
Gallagher Criminal Defense
Re: Rape
See Minnesota Statutes Section 609.2241 "Knowing transfer of communicable disease."
If death was foreseeable and did result, perhaps the person in the hypothetical could be accused of murder, a different crime.
Answered on 8/29/06, 11:00 am
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