RCW 9A.44.180: Custodial sexual misconduct

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9A.44.170 << 9A.44.180 >> 9A.44.190

PDFRCW 9A.44.180

Custodial sexual misconduct—Defense.

It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under RCW 9A.44.160 or 9A.44.170, to be proven by the defendant by a preponderance of the evidence, that the act of sexual intercourse or sexual contact resulted from forcible compulsion by the other person.

[ 1999 c 45 § 3.]