South Carolina Code 16-3-830. Reasonable belief as to majority of child as affirmative defense
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 16-3-830
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Sexual conduct: means actual or simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation, sado-masochistic abuse, or lewd exhibition of the genitals. See South Carolina Code 16-3-800
It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this article that the defendant, in good faith, reasonably believed that the person who engaged in the sexual conduct was eighteen years of age or older.