State v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “A. Simple rape is a rape committed when the anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse is deemed to be without the lawful consent of a victim because it is committed under any one or more of the following circumstances: (1) When the victim is incapable of resisting or of understanding the nature of the act by reason of a stupor or abnormal condition of mind produced by an intoxicating agent or any cause and the offender knew or should have known of the victim’s incapacity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2 So. 3d 451 - State v. Starr · 931 So. 2d 1258 - State v. Jeansonne

2. “It seems beyond question that competency to testify is not the same as the capacity to understand the nature of the sexual act. There is a vast difference between understanding the distinction between the truth and a lie and understanding the nature and consequences of a sexual act. State v. Peters, (La.App. 4 Cir.1983), 441 So.2d 403 , writ denied 530 So.2d 560 [, La.1988].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 931 So. 2d 1258 - State v. Jeansonne

3. “A. Rape is the act of anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse with a male or female person committed without the person’s lawful consent. B. Emission is not necessary, and any sexual penetration, when the rape involves vaginal or anal intercourse, however slight, is sufficient to complete the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2 So. 3d 451 - State v. Starr