If you are charged with a sex crime in Michigan you can be labeled a sex offender for the rest of your life. Our criminal defense lawyers know that you could lose your job, family and reputation in the community. Once charged, many people, even juries, may assume that you are guilty.

Criminal Sexual Conduct in Michigan

• First Degree, punishable by up to life in prison: Penetration by force
• Second Degree, punishable by up to 15 years in prison: Sexual contact with person under age 13 but less than age 16 and the defendant is in a position of authority
• Third Degree, punishable by up to 15 years in prison: Often called statutory rape because consent is irrelevant and involves penetration of a person age 13 but less than age 16; or the defendant is in a position of authority, such as a school teacher
• Fourth Degree, punishable by up to 2 years in prison: Sexual contact without consent

Other Sex Crimes in Michigan

• Child pornography
• Internet solicitation of a minor
• Prostitution and solicitation
• Child molestation and sexual abuse
• Indecent exposure
• Lewd conduct

All Criminal Sexual Conduct convictions require registration on Michigan's sex offender list for a minimum of 25 years. A complete text of the Michigan Criminal Sexual Conduct Law can be found here.

A person accused of a sex crime, such as criminal sexual conduct, gross indecency, indecent exposure, internet sex crimes, child pornography or prostitution should hire a criminal defense lawyer as soon as possible to avoid making common mistakes that will hurt his or her case. Our firm knows that the police will commonly ask a person who denies a sex crime to take a polygraph. Again, this is a police tactic to get more goods on the accused under the assumption that if someone is innocent, he or she has nothing to hide. There are numerous variables which are out of your control in this scenario and you are urged you to speak with our criminal defense attorneys before you get trapped. An aggressive Michigan criminal defense is imperative when you are charged with a sex crime.

We know that you are in agony if you or a loved one is charged with a sex crime in Michigan. The ABDO LAW FIRM knows how to present an effective defense to sex crimes in all district and circuit courts including Macomb County.