Man With Three Felony Charges Avoids Sex Offender List

We represented a client living in Michigan who crawled into an air mattress with his cousin, forced his fingers into her and forced her to perform oral sex on him. He was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, a 1st degree felony offense and aggravated indecent assault without the victim’s consent, a 2nd degree felony offense and corruption of minors, a 3rd degree felony. At the time, he was 19-years-old and his cousin was 14-years-old. All three offenses carry a sex offense registration list and significant jail time. He turned to Pittsburgh criminal defense attorney Samir Sarna at Worgul, Sarna & Ness, Criminal Defense Attorneys, LLC, who took the case.

Our client pleaded guilty to these allegations in his home state of Michigan. The victim made the complaint and he got charged in both Michigan and Pennsylvania. The judge allowed his Michigan conviction to be introduced in court and he pleaded guilty in Michigan prior to this hearing. The judge also did not allow Samir to call his Michigan attorney to explain why the man took the plea and his decision in doing so.

We came to a plea offer of the 1st degree misdemeanor, corruption of minors, which did not require him to be registered as a sex offender. He was sentenced to a year minus a day to two years minus two days with eligibility for early parole and work release. Our client could have been on a lifetime sex offender registration list and faced up to 16 years in jail. Between both states, he served under 18 months total and was on probation for three to four years.

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