Fla. Stat. § 794.021: Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense.
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- CHAPTER 794 SEXUAL BATTERY
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.
History.—s. 2, ch. 74-121.
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