When charges are filed in most criminal cases, one of the most important pieces of evidence is when the crime occured. Establishing an exact date and time a crime allegedly took place can be pivotal to both the prosecution and the defense. This is not true in sex offense cases. In child rape and molestation Read More…
Tag: Child Molestation
Teacher’s Sexual Facebook Chats with Student
Teacher’s Sexual Facebook Chats With Student A recent Massachusetts case carries interesting implications in the continuing expansion of evidence to corroborate child molestation crimes. Commonwealth v. Gilman, 89 Mass. App. Ct. 752, 54 N.E.3d 1120 (2016). Mr. Gilman was a middle school teacher. His victim was a 12-year-old female student. Trial testimony indicated Defendant’s sexual assaults against Read More…
Prosecutor Misconduct in Child Rape Case
In 2006, Bryce Smiley (hereinafter “Mr. Smiley”) was 15 when his father remarried. The blended family included a stepsister, who was 8 years old at the time the family starting living together. Mr. Smiley joined the military in January, 2011, and was deployed to Afghanistan in December 2012. Very shortly after the deployment, the stepsister Read More…