Phoenix Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

1. PHOENIX SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR What Does Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Mean? Sexual exploitation of a minor is a charge related to making, distributing, or possessing child pornography, or of luring a minor, via the Internet for example, for purposes of sexual exploitation. WHAT CONSTITUTES SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR? sexual exploitation of a minor if you knowingly: Record, film, photograph, develop or duplicate any visual depiction showing a minor engaged in any kind of exploitative exhibition or sexual conduct. Distribute, transport, exhibit, receive, sell, purchase, electronically transmit, possess or exchange any visual depiction in which a minor is engaged in exploitative exhibition or sexual conduct. In short, if you film, distribute, or simply possess any type of child pornography, you could be facing child exploitation charges. THE PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR An Arizona conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor carries a penalty of a minimum of ten years prison time for each violation. That means 10 years of incarceration for possessing a single pornographic image! If you are caught with more than one pornographic image, each one can add 10 more years to your sentence, because state law requires that the sentences for multiple counts must be served consecutively. LURING A MINOR FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION You can be charged with “luring a minor for sexual exploitation” charges if you offer or solicit sexual conduct with someone while knowing or believing that the other person is under the age of 18. TOP RATED BOARD CERTIFIED CRIMINAL DEFENSE FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION If you have been accused of exploitation of a minor in Arizona, you should waste no time in hiring the best criminal defense attorney you can find. In Phoenix and Scottsdale, Howard A. Snader is a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist since 1995, who has succeeded in having sex crime charges dropped or reduced for many clients, as well as winning numerous acquittals at trial. Howard will determine if the search and seizure of the evidence against you was done properly, in accordance with your constitutional rights. If it was not, he will seek to have that evidence suppressed. In some cases, he may be able to build a case that the alleged “pornography” is not pornographic but rather is a work of art. Or he may show that you were unaware that the images were on your computer, that they could have been placed there by another party without your knowledge. W W W . S N A D E R L A W G R O U P . C O M