State v. Breathette, 202 N.C. App. 697 (Mar. 2, 2010)

Mistake of age is not a defense to the crime of indecent liberties. The trial court did not err by instructing the jury that the term willfully meant that the act was done purposefully and without justification or excuse. This instruction “largely mirrors” the North Carolina Supreme Court’s definition of willfully, which is “the wrongful doing of an act without justification or excuse, or the commission of an act purposely and deliberately in violation of law.”