{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-3017","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 22-3017","heading":"Defenses to sexual abuse of a ward, patient, or client.","body":"(a)\nConsent is not a defense to a prosecution under §§ 22-3013 to 22-3016, prosecuted alone or in conjunction with charges under § 22-3018.\n\n(b)\nThat the defendant and victim were married or in a domestic partnership at the time of the offense is a defense, which the defendant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence, to a prosecution under §§ 22-3013 to 22-3016, prosecuted alone or in conjunction with charges under § 22-3018.","path":["Title 22. Criminal Offenses and Penalties.","Chapter 30. Sexual Abuse.","Subchapter II. Sex Offenses."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/22-3017","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9d7dd1b8c022b6a09451c0ed6c8da4cab5f664e222b136497b741c2cb9e21992","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-3016","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-22-3018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}