267 Ga. App. 240 - Schultz v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[t] his Court has previously held that knowledge of the victim’s age is not an element of the crime of child molestation. . . . The legislature has carefully worded the child molestation statute so that the defendant’s knowledge of the age of the victim is not an element of the crime, just as it is not an element of the crime of statutory rape.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 279 Ga. App. 371 - Bennett v. State

2. “[a] person commits the offense of child molestation when such person: ... Does any immoral or indecent act to or in the presence of or with any child under the age of 16 years with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the person[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 344 Ga. App. 274 - West v. State