Question: Consider the following cases, and select the case that would be most closely applicable as a precedent to the scenario in question.State v . Mehan.
Consider the following cases, and select the case that would be most closely applicable as a precedent to the scenario in question.State v Mehan. Defendant is charged with the illegal sale and transfer of a firearm to White, who had previously been convicted of bribery a felony At trial, Mehan admitted to selling the pistol to White, but stated that he was unaware of the statute which prohibited sale of firearms to a convicted felon. Furthermore, defendant knew White had been convicted of bribery which he mistakenly believed to be a misdemeanor. Defendant was found NOT GUILTY.State v Bosley. Defendant is charged with the offense of selling intoxicating beverages to a minor in violation of the jurisdiction's statute. At trial, Bosley admitted selling two bottles of rum to Jimmy Black, aged fifteen. Bosley testified that he believed Jimmy to be above the statutory drinking age of eighteen. In fact, Jimmy admitted telling Bosley that he was eighteen years of age and from his physical appearance, Jimmy looked to be of age." Defendant was found GUILTY.State v Dennis. After dining one evening at the local diner, Dennis accidentally removed another patron's raincoat from the diner's entrance hall. The owner of the raincoat saw Dennis leaving with "his raincoat," and notified the owner, who promptly called the police. Dennis was charged with larceny. Defendant was found NOT GUILTY.State vs Redburn. Reburn is charged with the statutory rape of Lucy, aged sixteen, in a jurisdiction's age of consent is eighteen. Defendant admitted that he and Lucy were attending a party on the evening in question and that she consented to having sexual intercourse with him. Rebburn further testified that he mistakenly believed that the legal age of consent was sixteen. Defendant was found GUILTY.One morning, May read in the local newspaper that the local public library was presenting a Frank Sinatra memorial exhibit. The display was to include books, pictures, magazine articles and record albums of the deceased recording star. May, president of the local Frank Sinatra Fan Club, rushed to the library to view the memorabilia of her idol. While she was looking at the display, May noticed a couple of Frank's early rare albums which she had been unable to obtain for her own private collection. Excitedly, May picked up the albums and quietly left the library. May is subsequently charged with larceny. At trial, May's defense was that she was that she honestly was unaware that such a taking was proscribed by criminal statute. Which case precedent is most analogous to these facts?
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