Court Opinion

ID: 9812383
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 22:39:31.154623+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:24:54.286134
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COCHRAN, J.,
filed a concurring opinion.
For the reasons set out in my concurring opinions in Cells v. State1 and Farmer v. State,2I believe that the Texas statutory mistake-of-fact defense already applies to the offense of consensual statutory rape. Nonetheless, I recognize that this is not the current state of the law in Texas, and therefore I reluctantly join the majority opinion.

. 416 S.W.3d 419, 441-58 (Tex.Crim.App.2013) (Cochran, J., concurring).

. 411 S.W.3d 901, 908-18 (Tex.Crim.App.2013) (Cochran, J., concurring).