McCLELLAND, J., January 19, 1981.
Defendant has presented this court with the novel question of whether a female can legitimately be charged with the crime of statutory rape under the laws of this Commonwealth.
Defendant argues that the statute does not admit of the capability of a female to commit the crime of statutory rape in Pennsylvania.
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