Sex Crimes

If you are accused of date rape, it is in you best interest to contact a highly experienced criminal defense lawyer like Attorney Michael Jones. If you are convicted, the stakes include significant prison time and being listed on the sex offender registry.

Sexual Abuse involves the use of force, threats, intimidation, or abuse of authority, or when the victim does not or cannot consent. Any form of non-cosented sexual advance is considered suxual abuse. 98.8% of sexual abuse offenders are sentenced to prison. The severity of the punishment depends on specifics of your case, such as the age of the victim. Visit here for an easy-to-read data sheet about sexual abuse defendants.

Sexual assault occurs when someone touches another person in a sexual manner without consent or makes another person touch them in a sexual manner without consent. Sexual assault can also be aggravated, which usually means the aggressor used a weapon or threatened harm to the victim. Penalties vary based on severity of the crime being accused. A defendant accused of sexual assault could be facing life own prison. When the victim of the offense is a child under age 16, the minimum penalty may begin at 30 years.

Florida Statute § 796.07, defines prostitution as “the giving or receiving of the body for sexual activity for hire.” The exchange of money or the sexual act does not have top occur to initiate an arrest. Police only need to prove there was an offer of money or something of value. In Florida, solicitation of prostitution is classified as a misdemeanor offense, punishable by up to one year in jail and fines up to $1,000. Florida’s laws of prostitution applies to both prostitution and the prostitute’s alleged customers.

Solicitation is encouraging, bribing, requesting, or commanding a person to engage in criminal activity. Regarding sex crimes, both the sex worker and the person paying for sex can be charged with solicitation in addition to prostitution, as both are asking the other to commit a crime. Due to this, merely encouraging another to engage in prostitution is enough to be accused of solicitation. There are numerous strategies to fight a sexual solicitation charge in Florida. With the right attorney on your side, like attorney Michael Jones, you can have your penalties severely reduced. Strategies include misunderstood motives, insufficient evidence, procedural mistakes and illegal entrapment.

Lewd conduct involves a person acting lewd toward or soliciting a lewd act from a person under 16 years of age. It involves (A) any sexual contact with a child or (B) intentionally exposing one’s genitalia, anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple to a child by any means, including via any communication technology. It may also involve touching private parts – whether yours or someone else’s – for the purpose of sexual gratification or to annoy or offend another person. Prosecutors often bring indecent exposure charges along with charges of lewd conduct in public. An adult accused of lewd conduct faces up to fifteen years in prison for a second-degree felony upon a conviction of this charge.

Florida Statute § 800.03 states that it’s unlawful for a person to expose or exhibit their sexual organs in public or on private premises near public view, in a vulgar or indecent manner, or to be naked in public except in places provided for that purpose. Indecent exposure in Florida is a first-degree misdemeanor. Two ways to contest indecent exposure in Florida is to challenge the evidence or contest intent, as indecent exposure charges often require proof of intent to commit an indecent act.