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Third Degree Rape Attorneys

Delaware has very strict laws regarding sex offenses, the majority of which are felony charges. Rape in the third degree is a serious sex offense. If convicted you will face jail time, loss of certain civil liberties and mandatory sex offender registration.

If you are facing rape charges in Delaware call The Law Office of John R. Garey to discuss your case. Mr. Garey will do his best to effectively defend you in court. His Dover, Delaware criminal law office can be reached at 302-744-9290. You can also email Milford Delaware Sex Offense Attorney John R. Garey here. Mr. Garey is a former state prosecutor who now defends the accused throughout Kent County, Delaware and Sussex County, Delaware. Let him put his experience to work for you.

Delaware Third Degree Rape Laws

B’ 771. Rape in the third degree; class B felony.

(a) A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when the person:
(1) Intentionally engages in sexual intercourse with another person, and the victim has not reached that victim’s sixteenth birthday and the person is at least 10 years older than the victim, or the victim has not yet reached that victim’s fourteenth birthday and the person has reached that person’s nineteenth birthday and is not otherwise subject to prosecution pursuant to B’ 772 or B’ 773 of this title; or
(2) Intentionally engages in sexual penetration with another person under any of the following circumstances:
a. The sexual penetration occurs without the victim’s consent and during the commission of the crime, or during the immediate flight from the crime, or during an attempt to prevent the reporting of the crime, the person causes physical injury or serious mental or emotional injury to the victim; or
b. The victim has not reached that victim’s sixteenth birthday and during the commission of the crime, or during the immediate flight from the crime, or during an attempt to prevent the reporting of the crime, the person causes physical injury or serious mental or emotional injury to the victim.
(b) Paragraph (a)(2) of this section does not apply to a licensed medical doctor or nurse who places 1 or more fingers or an object inside a vagina or anus for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment, or to a law-enforcement officer who is engaged in the lawful performance of his or her duties.
(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in any case in which a violation of subsection (a) of this section has resulted in the birth of a child who is in the custody and care of the victim or the victim’s legal guardian or guardians, the court shall order that the defendant, as a condition of any probation imposed pursuant to a conviction under this section, timely pay any child support ordered by the Family Court for such child.
(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude a separate charge, conviction and sentence for any other crime set forth in this title, or in the Delaware Code.
Rape in the third degree is a class B felony.

Effective Legal Representation

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