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2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022C, 2022D, 2022A, and 2023B)

SECTION 02
Common-law presumption relating to age abolished.
F.S. 794.02
794.02 Common-law presumption relating to age abolished.The common-law rule “that a boy under 14 years of age is conclusively presumed to be incapable of committing the crime of rape” shall not be in force in this state.
History.s. 1, ch. 4964, 1901; GS 3222; RGS 5052; CGL 7154; s. 2, ch. 74-121.