FELONY SEX OFFENSES | JUVENILE CASE RESULTS
OFFENSE
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ACTUAL RESULTS
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CT #
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony)
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NOT GUILTY VERDICT BY JURY (Sullivan
persuaded a jury in the 314th District Court of Harris County to
find his 15 year old client not guilty of molesting his niece. The client was accused of inserting his
finger into the sexual organ of his 2½ year old niece and his 4 year old
nephew was an alleged eyewitness. The
niece did have injuries documented in a medical examination, but a thorough
defense investigation uncovered severe credibility issues with the children
and their mother, the outcry witness, and other reasonable explanations for
the injuries were not investigated by law enforcement. Prior to trial, the
State sought a determinate sentence which, if convicted of the felony, could
have resulted in incarceration for up to 20 years and could have required the
boy to register as a sex offender until the age of 28)
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314TH
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony) in Montgomery County
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CASE DISMISSED (A 16 year old boy with autism
was accused of raping his 14 year old male cousin during a sleepover. Law
enforcement failed to interview the accused’s parents, failed to visit the
alleged crime scene and failed to investigate the complainant’s father, a
registered sex offender with a lengthy history of abusing children, as a
possible perpetrator. Before Sullivan could set the case on the trial docket,
the State did the right thing and dismissed the case)
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359th
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Indecency
with a Child (2° felony) in Montgomery County
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CASE DISMISSED (a 15 year old boy was
accused of holding a 15 year old girl down on the floor during class and fondling
her through her clothing against her will)
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359th
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Indecency
with a Child (2° felony) in Montgomery County
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CASE DISMISSED (an 11 year old boy was accused
of fondling two other students against their will while on the school bus)
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359th
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony)
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CASE DISMISSED ON DAY OF TRIAL (A 15
year old boy was accused of having consensual sex with a 12 year old girl in
her bedroom while two teenage friends allegedly listened in the adjoining
room. Prior to trial, the State sought a determinate sentence which, if
convicted of the felony, could have resulted in incarceration for up to 20
years and could have required the boy to register as a sex offender until the
age of 28)
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315th
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Sexual
Assault (2˚ felony)
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CASE DISMISSED AFTER CASE SET FOR TRIAL (A 16
year old boy was accused of forcibly raping a 17 year old girl at her home.
Prior to the dismissal, the State sought a determinate sentence which, if
convicted of the felony, could have resulted in incarceration for up to 20
years and could have required the boy to register as a sex offender until the
age of 28)
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315th
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Indecency
with a Child (2° felony)
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CASE DISMISSED (A 13 year old boy was
accused of fondling a 12 year old girl against her will at school. Prior to
dismissing the case, the State offered his client probation at home)
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315th
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony) in Montgomery County
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CASE DISMISSED (A 12 year old boy was accused of
fondling a 2 year old girl at his home)
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359th
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony) in Fort Bend County
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CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT (A 16 year old boy was accused of fondling with
digital penetration his 14 year old sister against her will when he was 14
and she was 12 years old)
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CCL 2
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony)
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CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON DAY OF TRIAL (a 16 year old boy was accused of sexually abusing his 6 year old half-sister. Prior to trial, the State sought a determinate sentence which, if convicted on the felony, could have resulted in incarceration for up to 20 years and could have required the boy to register as a sex offender until the age of 28) |
315th
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Indecency
with a Child (2° felony)
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CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR INDECENT EXPOSURE ON DAY OF
TRIAL (A 14 year old boy was accused along with two other boys of
fondling a 13 year old girl at school against her will. Prior to trial, the State sought a
determinate sentence which, if convicted on the felony, could have resulted
in incarceration for up to 20 years and could have required the boy to
register as a sex offender until the age of 28)
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315th
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Indecency
with a Child (2° felony)
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CASE
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON DAY OF TRIAL (a 15 year old boy
was accused of fondling a 6 year old girl who was visiting him at home. Prior to trial, the State sought a
determinate sentence which, if convicted on the felony, could have resulted
in incarceration for up to 20 years and could have required the boy to
register as a sex offender until the age of 28)
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313th
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Indecency
with a Child (2° felony)
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CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR PUBLIC LEWDNESS ON DAY OF TRIAL
(A 14 year old boy was accused of fondling a 7 year old boy
outside in their apartment complex)
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315th
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony) in Brazoria County
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CASE
REDUCED TO NON-SEX FELONY OF ENTICING A CHILD (a 13 year old boy
was accused of fondling his 6 year old stepsister. When the boy was 7, he was
sexually abused by an older brother but never received any counseling.
Unfortunately, six years later, he impulsively acted out on the behaviors he learned
at a young age)
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CCL 2
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony) in Liberty County
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PROBATION (a 16 year old mentally challenged boy
was caught in the act of fondling a 5 year old boy in the neighborhood. During
a lengthy interview by Sullivan with the child at the detention center, the
boy divulged that he had been molested at age six by a 14 year old cousin.
Sullivan persuaded the State and the court to allow his client to receive
probation with an older sister in Harris county)
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CCL
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony) in Jackson County
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PROBATION
(A 15 year old boy was accused of sexually abusing a younger
brother over a one year period of time. Like so many juvenile sex offenders, the
accused was exposed to explicit sex videos online via unsupervised Internet
access at a young age and began acting out with a sibling. The probation department originally
recommended placement at TJJD, formerly known as TYC, however Sullivan
persuaded the prosecutor to be placed with the grandparents following a 9 to
12 months of sex offender counseling at a private placement at Pegasus School
in Lockhart)
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CCL
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony)
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PROBATION (A 12 year old boy was caught in the
act of sexually abusing his 6 year old cousin. During a series of interviews with
Sullivan, the boy divulged that he had been raped by an 18 year old
acquaintance that had lived in the neighborhood. Sullivan persuaded the
prosecutor to allow his client to receive probation and to live at home with
his father)
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315th
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Aggravated
Sexual Assault of a Child (1˚ felony) in Montgomery County
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PROBATION
(A 12 year old boy was caught in the act of fondling a 5 year old
boy in the neighborhood. Sullivan
initially persuaded the court to allow his client to stay at home with his
parents and younger siblings, however his client later admitted to probation
to fondling a younger half-brother in his home. Sullivan then persuaded the
court to place his client with his grandmother in Chicago and to receive
out-patient counseling even though the probation department sought placement
at a residential treatment center)
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CCL 4
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