Indecent Assault

When you are just accused of  indecent assault in Pennsylvania, you need to take immediate action to protect your life:  your reputation at home and at work;  your liberty; and your future.  Learn more about the Pennsylvania laws regarding Indecent assault below.   When the threat of prosecution for indecent assault is real, you need to look for best options and find a top Pennsylvania sex crimes legal team to fight for you. 

The moment you are accused of indecent assault in Pennsylvania is the moment that you need to reach out to an experienced Pennsylvania Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Team.  It is only natural you are looking for the best options; the best strategies and the best outcome.   The best way for finding the right attorney for you is to speak with them and making the decision for yourself.  Before you say one word; contact our team.  

We are skilled criminal defense attorneys in Pennsylvania and experienced in handling the most serious sex crimes and violent crimes cases.  Our job is to protect you, contest the evidence, contest the legality of any alleged admissions or search and seizure, protect your right to remain silent, and put the burden on the Commonwealth to prove their allegations.  Look to Lee Ciccarelli and his team of experienced, aggressive criminal defense lawyers to fight for you when it matters.   Contact us today 24/7 by email or at (215) 515-6111.  

§ 3126.  Indecent assault. 

  •         (a)  Offense defined.–A person is guilty of indecent assault if the person has indecent contact with the complainant, causes the complainant to have indecent contact with the person or intentionally causes the complainant to come into contact with seminal fluid, urine or feces for the purpose of arousing sexual desire in the person or the complainant and:
  •             (1)  the person does so without the complainant’s consent;
  •             (2)  the person does so by forcible compulsion;
  •             (3)  the person does so by threat of forcible compulsion that would prevent resistance by a person of reasonable resolution;
  •             (4)  the complainant is unconscious or the person knows that the complainant is unaware that the indecent contact is occurring;
  •             (5)  the person has substantially impaired the complainant’s power to appraise or control his or her conduct by administering or employing, without the knowledge of the complainant, drugs, intoxicants or other means for the purpose of preventing resistance;
  •             (6)  the complainant suffers from a mental disability which renders the complainant incapable of consent;
  •             (7)  the complainant is less than 13 years of age; or
  •             (8)  the complainant is less than 16 years of age and the  person is four or more years older than the complainant and the complainant and the person are not married to each other.
  •         (b)  Grading.–Indecent assault shall be graded as follows:
  •             (1)  An offense under subsection (a)(1) or (8) is a misdemeanor of the second degree.
  •             (2)  An offense under subsection (a)(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
  •             (3)  An offense under subsection (a)(7) is a misdemeanor  of the first degree unless any of the following apply, in which case it is a felony of the third degree:
  •                 (i)  It is a second or subsequent offense.
  •                 (ii)  There has been a course of conduct of indecent  assault by the person.
  •                 (iii)  The indecent assault was committed by touching  the complainant’s sexual or intimate parts with sexual or intimate parts of the person.
  •                 (iv)  The indecent assault is committed by touching the person’s sexual or intimate parts with the complainant’s sexual or intimate parts.

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When you have been accused of indecent assault in Pennsylvania, you need justice; and you need a top criminal defense lawyer with years of experience winning the tough cases:  contact the Justice for the Accused Criminal defense team today.  Contact us 24/7 at (215) 515-6111.