Luring a Child (NY PL 120.70) is charged in Rochester when prosecutors believe they can prove that you lured a child under the age of 17 into a vehicle, structure, or place in order to commit any of a series of specified crimes against the child, including kidnapping, murder, and incest. Luring a Child is included […]
Category Archives: Sex Crimes
Using so-called “date rape drugs” with the intent of committing a felony sex offense against another person is a serious crime in Rochester. Under NY PL 130.90, Facilitating a Sex Offense with a Controlled Substance, possessing a prescription drug or a compound or mixture containing a prescription drug, administering it to another person without their […]
While New York embraces many cultural practices brought here by our diverse and global citizenry, some elements of traditional ways of life have been prohibited because of their impact on others. One such practice is Female Genital Mutilation, which is criminalized under NY PL 130.85. A person who performs the act of Female Genital Mutilation […]
As a class D felony, a conviction for Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the Second Degree (NY PL 130.80) can mean a prison sentence of up to seven years. Because of the seriousness of charges of sexual conduct with children, Rochester prosecutors push for the harshest punishment possible, so it’s vital that […]
Allegations of sex crimes against children are treated with the utmost seriousness by prosecutors in Rochester, and if you’ve been charged with Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the First Degree (NY PL 130.75), you should know that you run the risk of losing the next 25 years of your life to prison. […]
Crimes of the first degree carry the highest sentences of that category of offense, and in the case of a felony sex crime like Aggravated Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (NY PL 130.70), Rochester prosecutors can ask the court for a sentence as long as 25 years, with most sentences landing somewhere between 9 […]
Aggravated Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (NY PL 130.67) is a class C felony, and Rochester prosecutors are likely to push for you to get the longest possible sentence, which is 15 years. People who are alleged to have used force, ignored a lack of consent, or sexually abused a child are subject to […]
Any Aggravated Sexual Abuse charge is a felony, and any conviction or guilty plea will have lasting consequences for you. If you’re facing charges of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree (NY PL 130.66), know that you aren’t only risking seven years in prison. Once you’re released back into society, you’ll also be required […]
Aggravated Sexual Abuse in the Fourth Degree (NY PL 130.65a) is a felony charge that Rochester prosecutors will pursue relentlessly. Like any sex crime prosecution, a conviction or even guilty plea means that you may end up in prison (Aggravated Sexual Abuse in the Fourth Degree carries a maximum four year sentence), but also that […]
Predatory Sexual Assault (NY PL 130.95) is charged in addition to other extremely serious allegations in Rochester. If you’re facing prosecution for one of several first degree sex crimes during which you caused injury or threatened another with a dangerous instrument, you have a history of conviction for incest or use of child in a […]