MT · jury_instructions
Mont. Crim. Jury Instr. 5-129 (2022)
Incest
A person commits the offense of incest if he knowingly [marries] [cohabits with] [has sexual intercourse with] or [has sexual contact with] an [ancestor] [a descendant] [a brother or sister of the whole or half blood] or [any stepson] or [stepdaughter].
[It is not a defense to this prosecution that the alleged victim is (not the legitimate child of the Defendant) (related to the Defendant by adoption)].
Provenance
- Source
- courts.mt.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2022
- Content hash
cb48fad260adc19ba017f764a6b24678d48389cf16b64295339df74f2255eb38
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