Sex Crime Defense

Middle Tennessee Sexual Assault Defense Lawyers

If you have been charged with serious crimes such as sexual assault, statutory rape, or possession of child pornography, contact an experienced Middle Tennessee criminal defense attorney at Hollins, Wagster, Weatherly & Raybin, P.C., in Nashville. Our experience with the preparation and presentation of an effective sex crime defense can make the decisive difference to the outcome of the case against you.

Our lawyers represent persons charged with such sex crimes as the following:

• Sexual assault or sexual battery
• Aggravated rape or sexual battery
• Statutory rape, mitigated statutory rape, or aggravated statutory rape
• Spousal sexual assault or battery
• Date rape or acquaintance rape
• Sexual battery by an authority figure
• Rape of a child or aggravated rape of a child
• Exploitation of a child by electronic means
• Online solicitation of a minor for sex
• Child sexual abuse
• Possession of child pornography
• Reporting or registration violations under the sex offender registry laws

Given the severity of the punishment for most sex offenses and the lasting stigma of sex offender registration, we counter the allegations of sex crime charges by whatever permissible means we can find. In many cases, forensic evidence and expert testimony are highly useful for establishing defenses based on mistaken identity, false allegations, consent, or behavioral characteristics of the complaining witness.

Members of certain professions, such as teaching, coaching, counseling, law enforcement, or health care, are especially vulnerable to false accusations of sexual assault or statutory rape. Our AV-rated* defense attorneys can not only prepare and present your strongest possible defense to the criminal charges pending against you, we can also protect your interests before the state licensing board that will consider action against your license on the basis of the allegations against you.

For additional information about our firm's ability to represent you effectively against any sex crime charge, contact Hollins, Wagster, Weatherly & Raybin.

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