Santa Ana- In Santa Ana, located in Orange County, Giovanno Jimenez pled guilty to having unlawful sex with a minor. Jimenez is a volunteer with a local high schools baseball team and their band. It is alleged that Jimenez and the girl would go and have sex at her house when her parents were not home. He pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor and lewd acts on a child. He will serve 60 days in jail and was put on 3 years probation. The judge also issued an order preventing Jimenez from seeing the girl.
A sex crime charge can be one of the most devastating convictions a person can have. Unlawful sex with a minor can be defined in the California Penal Code section 261.5(d). In California this charge is considered a wobbler which means it can be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor. The code states that any person 21 years of age or older who engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is under 16 years of age is guilty of either a misdemeanor or a felony. If charged a misdemeanor a person can be sentenced to serve less than 1 year in jail, however if you are convicted of a felony you could face up to 4 years in prison. A Santa Ana criminal defense attorney can help a person defend a sex crime charge like unlawful sex with a minor.
Since this charge is a wobbler, what you are charged with will be based on the facts of an individual's case. It is important to hire a skilled Santa Ana sex crime defense attorney to help you defend your criminal charge.
Why is it so important to retain a skilled Santa Ana sex crimes defense attorney or an experienced Orange County criminal defense attorney to help you defend your criminal charges?
At the Law Office of Michael Guisti, we have had years of experience helping our clients defend their sex crime charges like child molestation, rape, and sexual battery. Our skilled Irvine criminal defense attorney has helped clients all over Southern California cities like Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana, Fullerton, Costa Mesa, Los Angeles County, Riverside and Beverly Hills.
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