Jacksonville Sexual Battery Attorney: Different Felony Levels for Jacksonville Sex Crimes

Jacksonville Sexual Battery is a felony in Florida. The felony’s degree (level) will depend on the seriousness of the Jacksonville sexual battery. Under Florida Statute Section 794.011:

1. a person 18 years of age or older who commits or attempts to commit sexual battery and injures the sexual organs of a person less than 12 years of age commits a capital felony;
2. a person less than 18 years of age who commits or attempts to commit sexual battery upon, and injures the sexual organs of a person less than 12 years of age commits a life felony;
3. a person who commits sexual battery upon a person 12 years of age or older, without that person’s consent, and in the process thereof uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon or uses actual physical force likely to cause serious personal injury commits a life felony;
4. a person who commits sexual battery upon a person 12 years of age or older without that person’s consent, under any of the following circumstances, commits a felony of the first degree; and
5. a person who commits sexual battery upon a person 12 years of age or older, without that person’s consent, and in the process thereof does not use physical force and violence likely to cause serious personal injury commits a felony of the second degree.

If you are charged with Jacksonville Sexual Battery, it is important to discuss this Sexual Battery law and and the facts of your case with a Jacksonville Sexual Battery Attorney.