What Sex Crimes are Felonies in Illinois? Combs Waterkotte attorneys Christopher Combs and Joshua Boardman discuss everything you need to know about Illinois sex crime charges, including sexual assault, sexual abuse, rape, and more.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: What sex crimes are felonies in Illinois?
Joshua Boardman: A number of them. You’ve got criminal sexual abuse, you’ve got criminal sexual assault, you’ve got aggravated extensions or enhancements of those types of charges, you’ve got charges like grooming, online grooming is considered a Class 4 felony in the state of Illinois. So, anything pertaining to typically unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, any sort of non-consented-to physical contact, any sort of sexual explicitly imagery or anything, especially pertaining to a minor, all of those are going to be felony classifications.
