Recently went to trial wherein my client was charged with Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Child Molestation in the First Degree. The State had seized my client’s phone years earlier, upon his arrest. Lots of pornography was extracted. On the eve of trial, the State amended its Information to add a Read More…
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Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Relief HB 1394
HB 1394, effective July 23, 2023, seeks to make juvenile sex offender registration fairer and more developmentally appropriate for youth. This was a partisan bill passing along party lines, and not entirely favored by the law enforcement community. One feature of the bill was that, by November 2023, there would be a substantial reduction in Read More…
Can’t Remember but Competent
This Division Two case is important because its centered on two issues often encountered in child sexual assault cases: (1) the competency of the alleged child victim; and (2) hearsay statements of the child heard by others, such as the child’s mother. A pretrial hearing was conducted to address these issues, with testimony from the Read More…