Have you been charged with the crime § 18-7-406 18-7-406 Colorado? This is a serious charge and demands immediate legal representation and guidance. The Law Offices of Decker & Jones know how to successfully defend a §18-7-406 18-7-406 Colorado charge in the State of Colorado to protect your innocence.
What to do if Charged?
1. Do not contact the accuser
You may be tempted to contact the accuser to try and resolve the issue directly. Do not contact the accuser. All correspondence before and after the incident can and will be used against you. A lawyer should be representing you in all stages to ensure that nothing hurts the defense case.
2. Do not destroy evidence
You may think that destroying any evidence in your possession will help your defense case. However tampering with evidence will almost always backfire against the defendant. Prosecutors have many resources to recover evidence that you think has been completely destroyed. When the evidence is presented in negotiations or at trial, it will make you look more guilty if you tried to destroy it beforehand. Tampering with evidence is also a crime in itself, which can be added on top of the sentence you could receive for 18-7-406 Colorado
3. Contact an experienced attorney
When you are charged with 18-7-406 Colorado, it is critical to exercise your right to an attorney. Your life is on the line and The Law Offices of Decker & Jones are prepared to defend your case. Contact us immediately at 303-573-5253 – even if you have not been charged yet. You need a defense team working in your corner to combat the prosecution ASAP.
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§ 18-7-406
(1) Any person who performs any of the following with a child not his spouse commits patronizing a prostituted child:
(a) Engages in an act which is prostitution of a child or by a child, as defined in section 18-7-401(6) or (7); or
(b) Enters or remains in a place of prostitution with intent to engage in an act which is prostitution of a child or by a child, as defined in section 18-7-401(6) or (7).
(2) Patronizing a prostituted child is a class 3 felony.
§ 18-7-401 Definitions
As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Anal intercourse” means contact between human beings of the genital organs of one and the anus of another.
(2) “Child” means a person under the age of eighteen years.
(3) “Cunnilingus” means any act of oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris.
(4) “Fellatio” means any act of oral stimulation of the penis.
(5) “Masturbation” means stimulation of the genital organs by manual or other bodily contact, or by any object, exclusive of sexual intercourse.
(6) “Prostitution by a child” means either a child performing or offering or agreeing to perform any act of sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, masturbation, or anal intercourse with any person not the child’s spouse in exchange for money or other thing of value or any person performing or offering or agreeing to perform any act of sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, masturbation, or anal intercourse with any child not the person’s spouse in exchange for money or other thing of value.
(7) “Prostitution of a child” means either inducing a child to perform or offer or agree to perform any act of sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, masturbation, or anal intercourse with any person not the child’s spouse by coercion or by any threat or intimidation or inducing a child, by coercion or by any threat or intimidation or in exchange for money or other thing of value, to allow any person not the child’s spouse to perform or offer or agree to perform any act of sexual intercourse, fellatio, cunnilingus, masturbation, or anal intercourse with or upon such child. Such coercion, threat, or intimidation need not constitute an independent criminal offense and shall be determined solely through its intended or its actual effect upon the child.
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“Doubtless there are few events in the life of a family that can compare with its being informed totally unexpectedly that one of its members has been accused of a crime of sexual assault. And that such a charge is considered legally to be a felony and punishable potentially by a term of imprisonment. To say my wife and I, and our son, were stunned, first at the time of the charge against him, and later, when we were informed that imprisonment was a very real possibility in this instance, is to minimize how profound was the distress each of us felt. Clear to us all straightaway was that a proper and robust legal defense against the claim of wrongdoing by my son was imperative. Whomever we sought for the defense attorney for him should have extensive experience in this assault classification, the depth of insight necessary to sift through and prioritize the host of factors both typical of and unique to my son’s case, and the wisdom to formulate a compelling defense of him based on due consideration of those factors. Nothing less than striving for an unassailable counter to the charge would suit. Such a person, and persons,
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