Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

can you be charged with rape of person you have a child in with?


Asked on 8/24/09, 7:45 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Antoinette Wooten The Wooten Legal Consulting, PC

You can even be charged with the rape of your spouse if your spouse does not consent to the sex.

The relationship is not what matters in a rape case. The consent, or lack thereof, is the focus.

The age of the person being raped also matters.

Patricia Martin-Gibbons

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Answered on 8/30/09, 3:27 pm


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