Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

Re: What is a Class D Felony Rape Charge

Class D "Statutory Rape" would seem to indicate that your family member is charged with Rape in the Second degree under New York Penal Law, Section 130.30, subsection 1. In that "A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when, being eighteen years old or more, (he) engages in sexual intercourse with another person less than fifteen years old."

Class D felonies are punishable by up to 7 years in jail/prison.

Bail is supposed to be to insure the defendant's return to Court but often is set as a punitive measure if a certain crime offends moral sensibilities (not supposed to but it does)

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Re: What is a Class D Felony Rape Charge

This charge is usually called statutory rape. It means that the child involved was too young to consent to the sex she consented to having...

In other words 15 will get you up to 25 years depending on the age difference.

The reason for the high bail can be because of prior assaultive behavior, bench warrant history, and others real or imagined problems.

Further a class D felony caps the prison time at 7 yrs.

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