A Walton County jury has convicted Ponce de Leon resident Jerald Stinson of having sex with a mentally incapacitated person.
Stinson, 52, was arrested just over a year ago following a month-long investigation by the DeFuniak Springs Police Department.
He
had bragged about having sex with the victim, and investigators
obtained a statement from the victim acknowledging sexual intercourse,
according to a report filed following Stinson’s arrest.
The victim, though an adult, was not able to give lawful consent to sexual acts, the report said.
Stinson was a long-time friend of the victim’s family.
Circuit
Court Judge Kelvin Wells will impose sentence July 19, a news release
from the First Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office said.
Stinson faces up to 30 years in prison.
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Man convicted of having sex with incapacitated person
Why didn't they use the word rape?
ReplyDeleteIn Florida statutes, legal term is "sexual assault" with extra subsets of essentially types; whether against adult or minor, whether by authority figure (police official or prison official or court official) etc. "Defined by statute" and "sexual assault" is the term defined.
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