Sexual Assault of a Child

Sex Crimes > Sex Crimes Against Children

Texas Criminal Attorney Erick Platten

The absolute worse type of sex crime to be charged with is a sex crime against a child. If a jury or a judge thinks that you took the innocence of a child you will be punished with impunity. Then add to that the fact that the hardest thing to do is to explain to a jury why a child would lie about something as important as sexual assault.

Sex crimes against children are some of the most intense cases for a criminal defense lawyer to handle. The most important thing to remember when fighting a sex case is to never let up.  The defense attorney must continuously fight the admissibility of evidence and testimony by the different level and agencies of the government.  Often by the time the child has been taken to the Child Advocacy Center for the recorded “forensic” interview the child has been interviewed multiple times by officers, administrators and family members that do not understand the damage that can be done to a child by a leading interview.

The government cannot be allowed to pursue their case unchecked.  The  criminal defense law firm of Erick Platten is prepared to challenge the government’s case at each and every turn. Erick Platten is highly experienced in the handling of sexual crimes against children.  Erick Platten takes several specialized trainings each year that are exclusively about handling sexual assault cases.

Sex crimes against children can be both filed in State court and Federal court. If filed in the Federal court it usually involves some kind of interstate commerce.  This can involve crossing state lines to visit a child or it can simply involve the use of the internet to solicit the child.  In the Federal courts there has been an abundance of cases filed for possession of child pornography over the last few years. The Federal government has made the extinction of child exploitation for pornography purposes a very high priority.  A person charged with possession of child pornography, even if they have no prior record, could be looking at a substantial amount of time incarcerated. Erick Platten has handled many Federal sex cases and is familiar with the Federal Sentencing Guidelines as it relates to Federal Possession of Child Pornography case.