California Appeals Court Tosses Rape Conviction Because The Woman Was Unmarried

California Appeals Court Tosses Rape Conviction Because The Woman Was Unmarried: A California appeals court, relying on an outdated statute that prohibits someone from pretending to be someone’s husband but not their boyfriend in order to obtain sex, overturned a man’s conviction for rape because the woman he had sex with was unmarried. Under California law, rape occurs when a woman consents to sex “under the [...]/p