Fla. Stat. § 794.021 : Crimes — Sexual Battery — Ignorance or belief as to victim's age no defense

Current through Chapter 269 of the 2016 Legislative Session

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.

Fla. Stat. § 794.021
s. 2, ch. 74-121.

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