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Sexual battery and other sex crimes are serious offenses that often come with significant penalties and jail time. Those penalties go up when the victim of the crime is a minor. As Florida\u2019s Fourth District Court of Appeals recently explained<\/a>, sexual battery on a minor encompasses a wide range of forceful behavior. Although the facts of this case may be tough for some readers to hear, the decision is an important one that offers some insight into what prosecutors, judges, and juries mean when they say \u201csexual battery.\u201dThe defendant was living in Broward County with his daughter and her boyfriend when the boyfriend\u2019s twin nine-year-old nieces came to visit the home. At some point while her mother was taking a nap, one of the girls went into the defendant’s bed with him. The girl later testified that he pulled her pants down, pulled his own pants down, and rolled over toward her. The girl tried unsuccessfully to get away. Her sister then came into the room and also tried to help the girl get away.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough at trial the victim stated that [the defendant]’s penis \u2018touched\u2019 her \u2018butt,\u2019 he victim told others shortly after the incident occurred that [he] had put his penis \u2018in her butt,\u2019\u201d according to the court. A medical examination following the incident did not show any signs of injury but did uncover semen near the girl\u2019s anus and vagina. DNA testing showed it was the defendant’s semen. He was charged with sexual battery on a minor and convicted of the crime following a jury trial.<\/p>\n

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