What if There Was an Age Gap Between the Parties? 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 if there’s an age gap between the parties?
Joshua Boardman: If that age gap is such that, for example, under the statutes in Illinois, one of the charging classifications was the defendant at least 5 years older and did the alleged victim in this case, fall between the ages of 13 and 17, then those age ranges or that age gap can be used as one of the elements that the state’s attorney will evaluate based on the facts and how they bring that case and what they charge.
