In Weld County, Enticement of a Child is a felony level crime, whose conviction is sure to come with Indeterminate Sentencing and Sex Offender Registration. If you’re facing allegations of Criminal Enticement of a Child, you will need a Criminal Defense lawyer’s help to get fair charges, a reasonable plea bargain or your case dismissed. Additionally, if you believe police entrapment played a role in a so – called legal police sting, call a sex crimes lawyer immediately.
Recently, Police conducted a sting where they ended up charging over 100 people with sex related crimes, including Enticement of a Child. Over 4 days, within the same month, police obtained at least 30 arrests. Many people question if these are legal police stings, or if they are illegal Entrapment by police. Police have a motive for obtaining convictions – they get tens of thousands of dollars in government grants which are renewable if enough convictions are obtained.
What is Enticement of a Child, C.R.S. 18-3-305, in Greeley?
In Greeley, Colorado law considers it Enticement of a Child, C.R.S.18-3-305, when:
Basically, if someone invites a child, under the age of 15, into a secluded space and has intentions to molest or have sex with the child, they can be accused of Enticement of a Child.
What is Police Entrapment in Greeley, Longmont and Dacono?
In Greeley, Longmont and Dacono, Police Entrapment is a defense strategy that criminal defense attorneys use to prove that police have coerced defendants into unlawful behavior. Entrapment is a viable defense when during police investigation, police officers use overbearing strategies and tactics to encourage and almost force someone to commit a crime.
Some argue that Police Stings and Entrapment are the same. This is not correct. Undercover work, like Police Stings, provides criminals the opportunity to reveal their criminal activities to police without coercion. Entrapment occurs if police do stings and undercover work with coercion. An entrapment defense would work if the police went out of their way to have the accused commit a crime – by using tactics to encourage a violation of the law. An example would be if the undercover officers volunteered that they were a young girl who was looking to have sex with an older man. An entrapment defense would likely work in that scenario. There is often a fine line between a legal police sting and an illegal entrapment.
Penalties for Enticement of a Child in Windsor and Erie
In Windsor and Erie, if someone is convicted of Enticement of a Child they will experience the penalties of a class 4 felony. These penalties include: 2 to 6 years in DOC, $2,000 to $500,000 in fines, and 3 years of mandatory parole.
In addition, the offender would have to endure Indeterminate Sentencing. Indeterminate sentencing comes in two forms. The first means that the person must serve a minimum time in DOC, but after that it is up to the Parole Board when they could be released back into society. They could be released 10 years after they complete their minimum, or they could never get out. On top of that, if / when they get out, they will likely have to Register as a Sex Offender for many years of their life. The second form involves indeterminate probation. There is a 10 to life minimum.
Facing allegations of Enticement of a Child in Greeley or Weld County?
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