Sex Crimes - Capital Sexual Battery

Our client, D.T., was being investigated for Capital Sexual Battery, a mandatory life felony. He was accused of touching the breasts of his 11 year-old stepdaughter.  D.T. was facing a minimum mandatory of life in prison.  That means if found guilty, he would have to be sentenced to life in prison.  Through diligent work, our Jacksonville Criminal Lawyers were able to break down the case before it began and NO charges were filed against our client.

Sex Crimes - Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Requirements (Failure to Register)

Our client, S.W., was charged with Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Requirements (Failure to Register), a third degree felony. His guidelines, the minimum the court is to impose, was 38 months in prison. S.W.'s original charge that made him a sex offender was Attempted Sexual Battery. S.W. was exposed to 5 years in prison. Our Jacksonville Sex Crimes Attorneys were able to get S.W. time served and S.W. did not serve any jail time.

Sex Crimes – Capital Sexual Battery

Our client, C.S., a 60 year-old man, was arrested and held on no bond for Capital Sexual Battery, a Mandatory Life Felony.  C.S. was accused of fondling and penetrating the genitals of a six-year old girl.  The child said that C.S. stuck his finger in her genitals and “moved it all around”.  When interviewed by detectives at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, C.S. said that he left his hand on her vagina longer than he should have.  C.S. was facing mandatory life in prison.  After the facts of the case were examined and scrutinized by our firm, our Jacksonville Sex Crimes Lawyers were able to get all charges DISMISSED and our client was allowed to resume his normal life.

Sex Crimes – Lewd/Lascivious Conduct Offender 18 or Older, Victim less than 16

Our client, T.S., was charged with Lewd/Lascivious Conduct.  He is 24 years old and the alleged victim is a 15 year old girl.  The Jacksonville police said they found both T.S. and the alleged victim lying naked on a bed together.  The alleged victim told police that T.S. asked her to have sex with him and if she did, he would take care of her.  She also reported that T.S. pulled out his penis and put on a condom.  After the facts of the case were scrutinized by our firm, our Jacksonville Sex Crimes Attorneys were able to get all charges DISMISSED and our client was allowed to resume his normal life.

Sex Crimes – Juvenile – Sexual Battery/Rape

Our Client, A.C., a Juvenile, was charged with Sexual Battery, a first degree felony.  The alleged victim claimed she was raped by our client.  She left the house she was in with A.C. and called her friend to take her to the hospital.  A “rape kit” examination was conducted on the alleged victim.  Our Jacksonville Juvenile Defense Law Firm conducted our own investigation and scrutinized the allegations thoroughly.  Our Jacksonville Juvenile Lawyers were able to get all charges DISMISSED.

Sex Crimes - Violent Crimes - Kidnapping and Indecent Act On or In the Presence of a Child

Our client, G.M., was arrested and charged with Kidnapping a Child Under 13 and Performing an Indecent Act On or In the Presence of the Child.  Police said that the alleged victim, a 12 year-old girl, was walking to school and our client grabbed her and drug her to the rear of a house.  They say he then attempted to remove her clothes.  A sketch was completed of the suspect and our client was identified by the girl as the man that hurt her.  After a complete investigation into the case and our client's alibi, our Jacksonville Sex Attorneys were able to get all charges DISMISSED.

Sex Crimes - Lewd and Lascivious Molestation

Our client, L.J., was under investigation for touching his 19 year-old and 15 year-old daughters on their breasts.  They both accused our client and called the police.  Detectives began the investigation and L.J. hired our firm.  After looking into the charges and background of the case, our Jacksonville Sex Crimes Attorneys were able to get all possible charges dropped and our client was NEVER arrested.

Sex Crimes - Lewd and Lascivious Conduct

Our client, T.J., was under investigation for making his 14 year-old step-daughter undress in front of him until she was naked.  He was accused of making her do this over 10 times.  The Clay County Sheriff's Office contacted T.J. about the allegations and wanted him to give a statement.  T.J. then hired our criminal defense firm and we contacted the detective.  After investigating the charges ourselves, our client was NEVER arrested and NO CHARGES were filed.

Sex Crimes - Lewd or Lascivious Molestation - Sexual Battery

Our client, H.H., was arrested in Jacksonville and charged with 2 counts of lewd or lascivious molestation and 1 count of sexual battery.  One lewd charge and the sexual battery charge were both life felonies.  That means, if H.H. was convicted of either charge, he would face life in prison.  The other lewd charge was a second degree felony, punishable for up to 15 years in prison.  The alleged victim was H.H.'s 12 year-old step-daughter.  The alleged victim told her mother and police that H.H, a 32 year-old man, kissed her with his tongue, used his hand to fondle her breasts, and digitally (finger) penetrated her vagina.  After our Jacksonville Sex Crimes Attorneys investigated the charges thoroughly, we were able to get all sex charges DROPPED.

Sex Crimes - Violation of Probation - Lewd or Lascivious Battery

Our client, A.W., was placed on probation in 2006 for a charge of lewd or lascivious battery in Jacksonville.  He originally spend 2 years in prison and was put on sex offender probation for 4 years following his incarceration.  Sex offender probation has many conditions in Florida, one of which will not allow A.W. to have unsupervised contact with a minor child.  A.W. was arrested on a violation of probation charge in Jacksonville and hired our Jacksonville Probation Firm.  This was his second violation of probation and he was accused of having contact with a 9 year-old child.  The child and her father both wrote statements alleging that A.W. had contact with the child.  Our Jacksonville Probation Violation Attorneys were able to get the violation of probation charge DISMISSED, A.W. was released from jail in Jacksonville, and A.W. was continued on probation.

Sex Crimes - Sexual Battery (Rape)

Our client, J.S., was arrested in Jacksonville and charged with 3 counts of Sexual Battery (Rape).  The police said J.S. entered the alleged victim's house, grabbed her around the neck, and forced penile-vaginal, penile-anal, and digital(finger)-vaginal sex.  The police recorded a phone call after the alleged rape where police reported that J.S. said, "I'm sorry for making you do something that you did not want to do".  The alleged victim was medically examined at the rape crisis center and had anal tearing.  If convicted, J.S. faced 45 years in prison and would be a sex offender for the rest of his life after prison.  Our Jacksonville Sex Crime Attorneys were able to get ALL charges DROPPED.

Sex Crimes - Lewd or Lascivious Molestation

Our client, J.S., was arrested in Jacksonville for lewd and lascivious molestation, a first degree felony.  The alleged victim, a 10 year-old girl, told her grandmother and the police that she was molested by our client.  Our client dated the girl's mother at one time.  She said that the touching incidents occurred 4 years ago, when she was 6 years old.  She claimed that he would touch her between her legs on her vagina over 100 times.  The alleged victim's sister told police she saw J.S. touch her sister and was afraid to tell earlier because she was afraid one of her family members would hurt him.  Our client's original bond was set at NONE, but then was set at $250,003 with an ankle monitor.  Our Jacksonville Sex Crimes Attorneys investigated the case further and brought out inconsistencies in the testimony and evidence.  Our Jacksonville Sex Law Firm was able to get all charges DISMISSED.

Lewd Battery

Our client, Z.C., was arrested in Jacksonville for lewd battery, a second degree felony punishable for up to 15 years in prison.  The victim is a 15 year-old girl with a history of personal problems with her parents.  Our client is 18 years-old.  The victim told police that she was having consensual intercourse with our client.  The detective used the victim's cell phone to call our client and asked him if he had sex with the girl.  Our client admitted to having sex with her.  This crime is a "strict liability" crime, which means if our client had sex with the girl and she was under 16, he could have been convicted of this sex crime.  Under Florida law, his ignorance about her age is no defense.  Also, even is she lied to him about her age, that is still not a defense.  Our Jacksonville Sex Crimes Attorneys looked into the case further and presented further evidence to the prosecutor on the case.  The felony lewd battery was DROPPED and our client was NOT convicted of ANYTHING.

Lewd and Lascivious Battery and Lewd and Lascivious Exhibition

Our client, A.J., was arrested in Jacksonville for lewd and lascivious battery and exhibition.  Each of these is a felony punishable for up to 15 years in prison.  The alleged victim is the 15 year-old friend of our client's daughter.  She spent the night at our client's house and told police she was sleeping in the bed with A.J.'s daughter.  The alleged victim said that she felt rubbing on her back and attempted to act like she was asleep.  She said our client was the one rubbing and then put his hand on the back of her head.  She said she could see and feel A.J.'s penis on her arm.  The "victim" said A.J. "was trying to put his junk in my mouth".  She then sat up and asked what he was doing and our client allegedly left the room.  The "victim" woke up our client's daughter and told her what happened.  She then called her father to come and pick her up.  JSO made contact with our client and he told them he went into the room because he heard the girl snoring.  He told police he rubbed her on her back to let her know she was snoring.    He also told police he may have repositioned the "victim's" head so that she would not get a kink in her neck.  Our Jacksonville Sex Crime Attorneys investigated the case further and were able to get all charges DROPPED.

Capital Sexual Battery

Our client, D.M., was arrested on two counts of capital sexual battery in Jacksonville.  If convicted of just one, he was facing mandatory life in prison.  The alleged victims were his 14 year-old step-daughter and 10 year-old daughter.  JSO was contacted by the girls' mother.  The 14 year-old told police that our client digitally penetrated her with his finger when she was 7 or 8 years-old.  The 10 year-old told police that he also digitally penetrated her when she was 8 years-old.  Our Jacksonville Sex Crimes Lawyers looked into the case further and revealed that the mother was very upset that our client moved on with his life and had a child with another woman.  It was after he had a child that these allegations surfaced.  Our Sex Crime Law Firm was able to get all charges DROPPED.

Sexual Battery

Our client, W.W., was arrested for sexual battery (rape) in Jacksonville.  The alleged victim reported she was sexually assaulted by our client in his apartment.  She told police when she went to his apartment, W.W. began to grab and touch her.  She told him she was not that type of girl and asked him to stop, but he continued.  She said our client overpowered her and forced penile/vaginal activity with him.  Our client was interviewed by the police prior to hiring our Jacksonville Sex Crime Attorneys and told police he partially undressed her, digitally penetrated her, and attempted to insert his penis twice into her.  Our Jacksonville Criminal Defense Law Firm investigated the circumstances of the case further and informed the prosecutor of our side of the story.  Our Jacksonville Lawyers were able to get all charges DROPPED.

Sexual Battery (Rape)

Our client, M.H., was arrested for sexual battery in Jacksonville.  The victim reported to police that our client raped her at his apartment.  That was all it took for JSO to arrest M.H.  He was interviewed by police ant told them he and the alleged victim had consensual sex in his bedroom.  After our Jacksonville Sex Crime Law Firm was hired, we investigated the case more than the police.  We revealed that both parties were in the Navy and went out to a club together earlier that night.  Everyone went back to our client's house and the alleged victim was sitting in our client's lap whispering in his ear.  They went to his room and eventually had sex.  During the intercourse, the alleged victim asked our client if he was trying to "run a train" on her because our client's friend was in the other room.  Upon hearing this, our client asked her to leave.  After being "disrespected", the alleged victim goes to the police and cries rape.  Our Jacksonville Sex Crime Attorneys were able to get the charge DROPPED.