Can I still be arrested if im 20 and the girl is 16 and we had sex but the legal consent of age is 16?
You can't be convicted of statutory rape if all the sex occurred after she turned 16. However, you could still be charged with a crime. For...
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You can't be convicted of statutory rape if all the sex occurred after she turned 16. However, you could still be charged with a crime. For...
Massachusetts General Laws chapter 140, Section 129B states in relevant part: "a firearm identification card, or renewal of the same, which...
The age of consent in massachusetts is 16. You need to be concerned with being charged with statutory rape.
Time spent in jail will count as jail credit towards a jail sentence. It will not shorten a probation period if you are already on probation. It...
A not guilty can be sealed. Expungement would be preferred to sealing, as expungement removes all traces of the criminal charge whereas sealing...
You got lucky on this one. The police officer should have checked the see if your 19 year-old cousin had a valid license. Since the officer...
Ignore it. The civil demand letters will eventually stop. Macy's will have to sue you in small claims court to collect the money, something which...
The victim and the witnesses' out-of-court statements cannot be used as substantive evidence, that is, as evidence to prove that what they said out...
A general continuance and a continuance without a finding (CWOF) are two different things. A general continuance is something that occurs at a...
Your situation is not uncommon for people who seal their own records without doing the necessary prep work prior to sealing. Unfortunately, now...