Colorado prosecutors generally have 20 years to bring sexual assault (CRS 18-3-402) charges after an alleged rape. If the victim was 15, 16, or 17 at the time of the offense, this 20-year statute of limitation does not begin running until the victim turns 18. However, Colorado prosecutors can bring rape charges at any time …
Ordinarily in Colorado, it is statutory rape to have sex with partners under 17 years old – the state’s age of consent. However, Colorado has a Romeo and Juliet law that allows certain close-in-age partners to have consensual sex even if one or both of them are under 17. Colorado’s Romeo and Juliet law actually …
Legal Analysis: Falsely accused of rape in California?Watch this video on YouTube If you have been falsely accused of rape, you have legal defenses at your disposal. These include showing that the allegations have an ulterior motive, that there was no intercourse, or that the sex was consensual. There are also numerous things that you …
We all know it’s rape to use physical force or threats to make someone submit to having intercourse. Most of us are also pretty well aware that having sex with an unconscious person, such as someone who is passed-out drunk, also constitutes rape under California law. But what about having sex with an incompetent person? …
Does Nevada have a "Romeo and Juliet" law?Watch this video on YouTube Yes. Normally the age of consent in Nevada is 16 years old. But under the state’s Romeo & Juliet law, minors age 14 and 15 may have consensual sex with fellow teens less than four years older than them. If the age difference …
If you are charged with and convicted of rape in Sacramento County, you could be looking at a lifetime of serious consequences that go far beyond just prison time. Rape, as one would expect, is treated as one of the most serious crimes under California law and crimes involving rape and sexual assault are vigorously …
The back-up of rate kit processing has been much in the news of late. But what exactly is a rape kit? A rape kit – more properly known as a sexual assault evidence kit (SAEK) or sexual assault kit (SAK)– is a container that includes materials and instructions for collecting possible DNA specimens during a …
A bill recently introduced in the California legislature would abolish the statute of limitations for rape and a host of other sex crimes. If passed, the law would mean that prosecutors could pursue sexual assault and other charges decades after the acts were allegedly committed. The bill, SB 813, was written by state Senator Connie …
