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2011 Washington Code
Title 9A Washington criminal code
9A.44 Sex offenses.
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 ยง 3.]



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