What is the defense of reasonable and good faith but mistaken belief in consent?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Iniguez, 30 Cal.Rptr.2d 258, 7 Cal.4th 847, 872 P.2d 1183 (Cal. 1994):
6 No defense of reasonable and good faith but mistaken belief in consent was raised by the defendant, and we therefore express no opinion on the appropriateness of such a theory under the circumstances of this case. (See People v. Williams (1992) 4 Cal.4th 354, 362, 364, 14 Cal.Rptr.2d 441, 841 P.2d 961.)
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