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Ga. Supreme Court Mulls Teacher's Consent Defense Over Sex With Student (Law.com)

Date Posted: Apr 15, 2009
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Several justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia appeared open this week to a former teacher's challenge of her conviction for a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student at her school. A lawyer for Melissa Lee Chase argued that a student's consent is a defense to the statute under which the teacher was convicted. A defense win could set off a debate about how far the criminal law can go in ...

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