Sex Crimes

Know the risks and preserve your life

Sex crimes in both the federal and state judicial systems carry possible sentences from probation to life in prison. Many sex crimes require offender registration and the information you provide to the registry becomes publicly available on the Internet and through local police departments. If convicted of certain sex offenses, you are required to update the registration annually for at least ten years and possibly for the rest of your life. For certain sexual offense convictions, you may be required to wear a GPS monitoring device for life.

Your name, your reputation, your ability to find and keep a job, and your way of life as you know it—all this can change with a conviction.

Sex crimes include:

Challenging the evidence against you

With an experienced defense attorney on your side, know that we can aggressively challenge the evidence against you. Often we have found that crucial evidence is either lacking or has not been appropriately collected and maintained. The Law Offices of Christopher A. Beechler know how to discover the holes in the plaintiff’s case and how to question the circumstances regarding your alleged offense—in your favor.

Rape

North Carolina statute stipulates that a person is guilty of rape in the first degree if the person engages in vaginal intercourse—

Other sexual offenses

According to the state, the difference between rape and a sexual offense is that the sexual offense does not involve vaginal intercourse. However, life-altering penalties apply: Class B1 felony and life imprisonment for sexual offense in the first degree.

If charged with sexual offense in the second degree, you are accused of engaging in a sexual act without vaginal intercourse with another person by force and against the will of the other person or that the person is mentally defective or mentally incapacitated and that you knew that. Classified as a Class C felony, you could face up to 40 years in jail and a fine or both.

Indecent liberties with a minor

North Carolina statute defines a person guilty of indecent liberties with a minor if that person aged 16 or older engages in lewd or lascivious behavior for the purpose of sexual gratification upon or with the body or any part of the body of a child of either sex under the age of 16 and five or more years younger than the defendant. For a first time offender, taking indecent liberies with a minor is punishable as a Class F felony.

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The Law Offices of Christopher A. Beechler, P.C. provides compassionate and energetic defense throughout Forsyth County, superior and federal courts in North Carolina, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA. If you have been charged with a sex crime, you can rely on Christopher Beechler’s extensive experience gained through years on the local, state, and federal courtroom floors for an aggressive and effective defense. Contact our offices now to schedule your free initial consultation.