Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions
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esquivel-quintana-v-sessions-259-11019505
title:
Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions
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Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, 581 U.S. ___ (2017), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 8–0 that in the context of statutory rape offenses that criminalize sexual intercourse based solely on the ages of the participants, the generic federal definition of "sexual abuse of a minor" requires the age of the victim to be less than 16. Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the majority opinion.
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2017 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquivel-Quintana_v._Sessions
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2023-09-13T02:10:01Z
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