Sexual Assault on a Child is charged when a person has sexual contact with a child under the age of 15 and the accused is 4 or more years older than the victim. Often the victim in these types are crimes are seen as vulnerable because they are children, but, I recently read a case where it was hard to see the victim as vulnerable. According to the report, a 14-year-old teenager contacted a woman advertising herself as a prostitute and offered to pay her for sex. She agreed and they met at a hotel, where he paid her $480 for the sexual encounter. Somehow the father found out and police became involved. The woman was located and arrested during another prostitution encounter with another man. If this had occurred in Greeley or Weld County, the woman would have been charged with Prostitution, along with Child Sex Assault.
Weld County Sexual Assault on a Child Lawyer: Definition of Sexual Assault on a Child
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Sexual Assault on a Child – C.R.S. 18-4-405 – is:
The idea behind consent is this: no one under the age of 15 can consent to having sexual contact with someone 4 or more years older than them. So, it would not matter that the 14-year-old initiated the contact, in fact specifically sought it out, it would still be considered Sexual Assault.
Sentence for Child Sex Assault by a Prostitute in Erie and Evans
In Greeley, Erie, and Evans, Sexual Assault on a Child (where no aggravators are present) is charged as a class 4 felony. The class 4 felony Sexual Assault on a Child is punishable by an indeterminate sentence to the Colorado Department of Corrections, with a range of 2 years to life.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Sexual Assault on a Child, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 to schedule your free consultation or set up a jail visit. Together, we can protect your future.
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