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    Default Solicitation of a Child

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Indiana

    My question is: I have a friend ( recently new friendship 2-3 months) he told me that he was charged with a Child solicitation charge because the girl he was chatting with told him she was 21 (FB also stated she was 21 years old) turns out she was under 18.

    He has been very forthcoming and open about the charge. He now has to register as a tier 1 Sex Offender for the next 15 years.

    I have previously worked for a law firm in another state— and the few documents that i have been given to try and convince me from a third party that he is a “child rapist” in my opinion aren’t facts. They are statements by someone who got in trouble, an angry ex girlfriend and a Detective that wanted to make the arrest. I have an affidavit from the arresting Detective but it has no exhitbs with it. I have seen no screen shots of texts that people are speaking of etc.

    So my question is, how would I go about contacting someone that is in Indiana that could look up the case. Look at everything that was presented to the Courts, and give me a 100% unbiased opinion on if he did in fact have a horrid attorney or if he is this monster that this third party wants me to believe.

    I am 100% open minded to whatever the findings may be. I just need to know.

    -SC

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    Default Re: How to Find Help

    Ask him to show you his copies of everything.

    If he tells you there aren't any, or that they've been "lost", that's another red flag.

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    Default Re: Solicitaiton of a Child

    Quote Quoting SClark7887
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    My question is: I have a friend ( recently new friendship 2-3 months) he told me that he was charged with a Child solicitation charge because the girl he was chatting with told him she was 21 (FB also stated she was 21 years old) turns out she was under 18.
    That's obviously not the whole story.
    Quote Quoting SClark7887
    So my question is, how would I go about contacting someone that is in Indiana that could look up the case.
    If you want to examine the court file, contact the court where the charges were filed and ask about ordering a copy.

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    Default Re: Solicitaiton of a Child

    Indiana Code Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure § 35-42-4-6
    Sec. 6 . (a) As used in this section, “solicit” means to command, authorize, urge, incite, request, or advise an individual:

    (1) in person;

    (2) by telephone or wireless device;

    (3) in writing;

    (4) by using a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a) );

    (5) by advertisement of any kind;  or

    (6) by any other means;

    to perform an act described in subsection (b) or (c).

    (b) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally solicits a child under fourteen (14) years of age, or an individual the person believes to be a child under fourteen (14) years of age, to engage in sexual intercourse,other sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5 ), or any fondling or touching intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits child solicitation, a Level 5 felony.  However, the offense is a Level 4 felony if the person solicits the child or individual the person believes to be a child under fourteen (14) years of age to engage in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5 ) and:

    (1) commits the offense by using a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a) ) and travels to meet the child or individual the person believes to be a child;  or

    (2) has a previous unrelated conviction for committing an offense under this section.

    (c) A person at least twenty-one (21) years of age who knowingly or intentionally solicits a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, or an individual the person believes to be a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, to engage in sexual intercourse, other sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5 ), or any fondling or touching intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits child solicitation, a Level 5 felony.

    However, the offense is a Level 4 felony if the person solicits the child or individual the person believes to be a child at least fourteen (14) but less than sixteen (16) years of age to engage in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5 ), and:

    (1) commits the offense by using a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a) ) and travels to meet the child or individual the person believes to be a child;  or

    (2) has a previous unrelated conviction for committing an offense under this section.

    (d) In a prosecution under this section, including a prosecution for attempted solicitation, the state is not required to prove that the person solicited the child to engage in an act described in subsection (b) or (c) at some immediate time

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