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Sex crime charges in Pennsylvania can significantly impact your future, often devastating your work and personal life. With a conviction, that damage can be much more extensive, which is why it is essential to consult an experienced Plum sex crimes attorney from SMT Legal if you have been charged with a sex crime.
When you are facing serious sex crime charges, nothing but a robust defense will do. SMT Legal works diligently to craft the most optimal defenses to the charges our clients face. We devote the necessary investigative resources and professionals to each case to flush out the evidence we need to properly defend you.
As a vigorous team of Plum defense attorneys and legal professionals, we work with your future in mind every step of the way. We’ve earned a long track record of obtaining the best possible results in our criminal defense cases.
If you’ve been charged with a sex crime, the stakes are high, but a charge is not a conviction. At SMT Legal, we’ll do everything in our power to defend you and protect your future. Call for a free consultation or reach out online today.
Being charged with a sex crime is a serious occurrence that can ultimately result in the following:
Depending on the charge, you could be looking at decades behind bars and tens of thousands of dollars in fines and court costs. On top of these legal and financial issues, there are also significant collateral consequences that typically stem from sex crime convictions.
At SMT Legal, we fight to protect you from both the criminal and collateral consequences that threaten your future, regardless of the sex crime charge you’re facing.
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Pennsylvania sex crimes are charged as felonies or misdemeanors, depending on the charge and the circumstances of the incident. Some crimes are felonies no matter what, while others are misdemeanors that can be charged as felonies.
Rape involves sexual intercourse by force or compulsion, or intercourse with a person who cannot legally consent. It is a first-degree felony with up to 20 years in prison for adult victims and up to 40 years in prison for a child victim under 13.
Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse is similar to rape in that it requires the sex act to be committed under the same circumstances as rape, such as forcible compulsion and lack of consent. However, the sex act must be considered deviate.
In Pennsylvania, deviate sex acts are statutorily defined as any one of the following:
A conviction can lead to up to 40 years behind bars if the victim is less than 13. For victims under 16, there is a mandatory minimum of 20 years
Sexual assault is also similar to rape in that it involves sexual or deviate sexual intercourse without consent. However, while rape cases require the state to prove one or more specific circumstances, the state need only prove a lack of consent in sexual assault cases.
Statutory sexual assault also exists, which simply requires the prosecutor to prove that the parties involved were of certain ages and there was a certain difference between their dates of birth. As with the other sex crime charges, 40 years in prison is possible with an alleged victim of 13 or under.
There are other possible sex crimes in Pennsylvania. Other charges of this nature include:
Of these crimes and others, indecent assault is the one that can be charged as a misdemeanor. However, it comes with a five-year potential prison term.
Part of our work at SMT Legal involves fighting for reduced prison or jail time or none at all. We care about your future and employ every resource to keep you from incarceration.
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When you call on SMT Legal to represent you, we begin by meeting with you to evaluate your case. We then use our investigative resources to leave no stone unturned in your case. Our team investigates cases from Boyce Park to Logans Ferry Heights and beyond. The results of our investigation and our years of experience are what then drive our defense efforts.
Depending on the circumstances of your case, you may benefit from one of the following defenses to sex crimes charges.
Most sex crimes charges require a lack of consent from one party. In many cases, proving consent from a person legally capable of providing consent is sufficient to overcome sex crime charges. But keep in mind that if the victim of a sex crime is 13 or younger, they cannot legally consent to a sexual act with an adult.
Mistaken identity is more common than it should be in sex crimes cases. Often, mistaken identities occur when police and prosecutors push victims beyond a reasonable point when trying to get to the bottom of a sex crime.
To appease law enforcement efforts, victims sometimes identify the wrong person as a suspect just to make the questioning stop or to put an end to unpleasant proceedings.
Sadly, people of color are frequently mistakenly identified as sex offender culprits in Plum. When this occurs, they need the powerful investigative and legal efforts of an effective criminal defense firm like SMT Legal. If you have been erroneously identified as a sex crime suspect, we’ll get to the bottom of the issue and fight to get you free.
Statutory sexual assault charges can turn a romantic interlude into a felonious affair. However, a reasonable mistake of identity can be a viable defense to statutory sexual assault charges.
Duress can be a legitimate defense to a sex crime charge in Plum. To be successful, the defendant must prove that they were under threat of injury or death by an unlawful force and that this force caused them to commit the sex crime.
All too often, false accusations form the basis of criminal prosecutions. Our investigators thoroughly and meticulously review the allegations against our clients to verify every word.
Evidence for prosecutions must be handled with strict care and must prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Oft is the case, however, that evidence collection procedures are either inadequate, violated, or both.
Our team makes sure that the evidence used against you has been properly gathered, transported, and stored according to accepted chain-of-custody procedures.
A constitutional defense involves attacking rights violations that occur during searches, seizures, and arrests. Any unconstitutionally obtained evidence against you can be thrown out with an effective challenge.
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If the state has brought sex crime charges against you, the time to act is now. The sooner a Plum sex crimes attorney can get started on your defense, the stronger your case will likely be.
SMT Legal is prepared to dive into your case with the singular goal of vigorously safeguarding your rights and your future. Call today to schedule a consultation.
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