California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Huber, F057731, No. 1226483 (Cal. App. 2010):
An honest and reasonable belief in the existence of circumstances, which, if true, would make that act with which the person was charged innocent, constitutes a defense to that charge. (People v. Reed (1996) 53 Cal.App.4th 389, 397, citing 26.) In the case of a specific intent crime, such as forgery, the law does not require that the erroneous belief be reasonable, although the fact that it is unreasonable may cause the jury to disbelieve
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