{"id":820,"date":"2012-05-05T20:46:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T00:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/?p=820"},"modified":"2012-05-05T20:59:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T00:59:12","slug":"rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under the United State Common Law, rape has four main elements:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sexual intercourse (includes some penetration no matter how slight)<\/li>\n<li>With a woman not his wife<\/li>\n<li>Using physical force<\/li>\n<li>Without her consent*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>*The victim must give consent at the time the <a title=\"Mens rea, Actus reus, and Attendant Circumstances\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/mens-rea-actus-reus\/\">mens rea and actus reus<\/a> come together. Consent must be freely and voluntarily given, express and unequivocal. In most cases, consent will be an affirmative defense.<\/p>\n<p>MPC Section 213.1, &#8220;a male who has sexual intercourse with a female not his wife is guilty of rape if:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(a) he compels her to submit by force or by threat** of imminent death, serious bodily injury, extreme pain or kidnapping, to be inflicted on anyone; or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(b) he has substantially impaired her power to appraise or control her conduct by administering or employing without her knowledge drugs, intoxicants or other means for the purpose of preventing resistance; or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(c) the female is unconscious; or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(d) the female is less than 10 years old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>**The &#8220;force or threat&#8221; requirement has been applied differently throughout the country. In some jurisdictions, penetration is serious bodily injury and is enough to show force (See <a title=\"State in the Interest of M.T.S.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/in-the-interest-of-m-t-s\/\"><em>State in the Interest of MTS<\/em><\/a> holding that the physical force requirement acts only to &#8220;qualify the nature and character of the sexual penetration.\u201d) Other jurisdictions require that the threat of force involve death or serious bodily injury. (See <em><a title=\"People v. Evans\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/people-v-evans\/\">People v. Evans<\/a> <\/em>holding <strong><\/strong>defendant not guilty because no finding of forcible compulsion or threat beyond a reasonable doubt.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the United State Common Law, rape has four main elements: Sexual intercourse (includes some penetration no matter how slight) With a woman not his wife Using physical force Without her consent* *The victim must give consent at the time the mens rea and actus reus come together. 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