California Supreme court orders a retrial in a statutory rape case . It cites ' historical anomalies ' in an 1872 statute and definition of rape . The attorney general will try to change ' arcane ' law . The court laid out the unusual circumstances of the case and problems in the 1872 law in the first paragraph of its ruling Wednesday : . A man allegedly pretended to be an 18-year - old girl 's boyfriend in a dark bedroom .
California Supreme court orders a retrial in a statutory rape case . It cites ' historical anomalies ' in an 1872 statute and definition of rape . The attorney general will try to change ' arcane ' law . A man allegedly pretended to be an 18-year - old girl 's boyfriend in a dark bedroom .