Top Illinois Sex Charge Defense Lawyers

The Law Offices of Brucar & Yetter
Wheaton, Rolling Meadows and St. Charles, Illinois


Leading Illinois Sex Offense Defense Lawyers

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Sex offense crimes in Illinois include many acts ranging from rape to prostitution. The most serious crimes involve the sexual assault of children or include physical injury. Other sex offenses include public indecency, prostitution, solicitation, pornography, date rape, pandering and pimping.

Generally sexual assault is unwanted physical contact with a sexual organ. Physical contact is considered unwanted if the victim refused, physically objected or was unable to give legal consent because of age or mental capacity.

If you have been arrested for committing a sex offense, attorneys the law office of Brucar & Yetter have experience handling charges including sexual abuse, sexual assault, unlawful restraint, public indecency, and child pornography.

Punishment for sex crimes differ dramatically depending on the seriousness of the allegation. A misdemeanor sex crime conviction (such as indecent exposure) may carry less than a year of jail time, a fine, community service, counseling or probation. A felony may be punished by a lengthy prison term (including a life sentence). Additionally sex convictions require registration as a sex offender.

Consent may be a defense to sex crimes. Some individuals are not able to consent to sex under the law. For those individuals even an explicit agreement is not legally valid. For example, minors, the mentally disabled and unconscious or intoxicated people (even if they willingly became intoxicated) typically cannot provide valid consent. Statutory rape or date rape type charges may result.

Available defenses vary greatly but could include consent, insufficient evidence and actual innocence. Your state of mind and intention, the surrounding circumstances and other factors affect the degree of responsibility you have. Brucar & Yetter criminal defense lawyers can ensure prosecutors have not ignored evidence favorable to you and gather independent evidence to support your defenses.

We have used many different defenses in our years of practice including use of psychological evaluations as well as gathering evidence showing the victim has a motive to lie or has formed false memories. These can be supported with medical evidence and expert opinions showing your innocence. You must contact a criminal defense attorney to begin the defensive investigation as soon as possible.

At the law offices of Brucar and Yetter, in, Wheaton, Rolling Meadows and St. Charles, Illinois, we represent adults and juveniles who have been accused of committing felony and misdemeanor criminal sex offenses, such as:
  • Sexual abuse
  • Sexual assault
  • Public indecency
  • Unlawful restraint
  • Child pornography
  • Sexually Dangerous Person Petitions

Our first concern is to win your case

We utilize a team of experts, including lawyers, psychiatrists and psychologists to move a sex charge towards a positive disposition for our clients. Our detailed approach allows many of our clients to avoid the stigma of having to register as sex offenders and keeps most from jail.

Many do not know offenses such as unlawful restraint and public indecency can be registration offenses. Even a minor sex offense with a consenting "victim" could land your name on the sex offender registry. Our attorneys will put forth every effort to ensure this does not happen to you.

For people facing time in the department of corrections or a jail our first concern may not be registration, but rather to get the best sentence possible for our clients, including serving no prison or jail time at all--just probation.

We expertly handle child pornography possession cases, focusing on computer and video image related matters. Primarily pornography possession cases deal with material our clients allegedly downloaded from the internet. This is a difficult case for the government to prove; our criminal defense attorneys have the expertise needed to help you.

Contact an experienced criminal sex offense lawyer to schedule a free initial consultation. For your convenience, night and weekend office hours may be arranged by appointment. We are available 24 hours a day.
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