What is the maximum punishment for rape under the prevailing law in Tennessee?
Full Question:
My colleague’s daughter was raped last week. This incident happened when my colleague’s daughter was returning after watching a movie with her friends. My colleague’s daughter, who is 18 years old, was dropped by her friends at a lane near my colleague’s house. That lane is usually isolated, and it seems the offender finding my colleague’s daughter alone, raped her. My colleague’s daughter has identified the offender and he resides in of the houses in the same lane where this dreadful incident took place (near my colleague’s house). The offender must be somewhere between 22-24 years old. What is the maximum punishment for rape under the prevailing law in Tennessee?
12/20/2016 |
Category: Criminal » Statutory Rape |
State: Tennessee |
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Answer:
“Mitigated statutory rape is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant, or of the defendant by the victim when the victim is at least fifteen (15) but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the defendant is at least four (4) but not more than five (5) years older than the victim.”
Further Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (d) (1) states that:
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Mitigated statutory rape is a Class E felony.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-111 (5) provides the punishment for such class E felonies. Sub section (5) of Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-111 states the punishment of class E felony shall be an imprisonment:
“not less than one (1) year nor more than six (6) years. In addition, the jury may assess a fine not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000), unless otherwise provided by statute.”
The offender may be held guilty for committing a mitigated statutory rape which is a class E felony under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-506 (d) (1). The maximum punishment for mitigated statutory rape may be imprisonment “not less than one (1) year nor more than six (6) years.” In addition, the jury a fine that is not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), may also be imposed.