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Criminal Defenses: Mistake of Fact – Modesto Ca
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If you act under an honest and reasonable mistake of fact, you are not guilty of a crime. If, for example, you are accused of stealing your neighbor’s lawnmower but you did so because you believed it was the one you previously lent him that
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never returned to you then you aren’t guilty of theft. However, the old adage is also true: ignorance of the law is not a defense. This means that you can’t break a law just because you don’t know it’s a law. For example, if you buy alcohol for a minor, prosecutors could charge you with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The fact that you didn’t know such conduct was illegal will not excuse your actions.
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