Sipe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “(a) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to ... deviate sexual conduct commits sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class C felony. However, the offense is: (1) a Class B felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age[.] [[Image here]] (b) A person at least (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class D felony. However, the offense is: (1) a Class C felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age[.] [[Image here]] (c) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was at least sixteen (16) years of age at the time of the conduct....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ware v. State

2. “The record discloses that the earliest date AS. would have reported Sipe's crimes was sometime after they moved away from Sipe in August 2001. Thus, the State had until at least July 2006 to prosecute Sipe for the crimes he committed against A.S. from January 1, 1995, through January 2, 1998, and successfully concealed for several years thereafter with his threats of physical violence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sloan v. State

3. “The period within which a prosecution must be commenced does not include any period in which: (2) the accused person conceals evidence of the offense, and evidence sufficient to charge the person with that offense is unknown to the prosecuting authority and could not have been discovered by that authority by exercise of due dili-geneel.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sloan v. State