Rape

When you are just accused of  rape in Pennsylvania, you need to take immediate action to protect your life:  your reputation at home and at work;  your liberty; and your future.  Learn more about the Pennsylvania laws regarding Rape below.   When the threat of prosecution for rape is real, you need to look for best options and find a top Pennsylvania rape legal team to fight for you. 

The moment you are accused of rape in Pennsylvania is the moment that you need to reach out to an experienced Pennsylvania Rape Criminal Defense Team.  It is only natural you are looking for the best options; the best strategies and the best outcome.   The best way for finding the right attorney for you is to speak with them and making the decision for yourself.  Before you say one word; contact our team. 

We are skilled criminal defense attorneys in Pennsylvania and experienced in handling the most serious rape and violent crimes cases.  Our job is to protect you, contest the evidence, contest the legality of any alleged admissions or search and seizure, protect your right to remain silent, and put the burden on the Commonwealth to prove their allegations.  Look to Lee Ciccarelli and his team of experienced, aggressive criminal defense lawyers to fight for you when it matters.   Contact us today 24/7 by email or at (215) 515-6111.  

§ 3121.  Rape. 

  •         (a)  Offense defined.–A person commits a felony of the first degree when the person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant:
  •             (1)  By forcible compulsion.
  •             (2)  By threat of forcible compulsion that would prevent resistance by a person of reasonable resolution.
  •             (3)  Who is unconscious or where the person knows that the complainant is unaware that the sexual intercourse is occurring.
  •             (4)  Where the person has substantially impaired the complainant’s power to appraise or control his or her conduct by administering or employing, without the knowledge of the complainant, drugs, intoxicants or other means for the purpose of preventing resistance.
  •             (5)  Who suffers from a mental disability which renders the complainant incapable of consent.
  •             (6)  (Deleted by amendment).
  •         (b)  Additional penalties.–In addition to the penalty provided for by subsection (a), a person may be sentenced to an additional term not to exceed ten years’ confinement and an additional amount not to exceed $100,000 where the person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant and has  substantially impaired the complainant’s power to appraise or control his or her conduct by administering or employing, without the knowledge of the complainant, any substance for the purpose of preventing resistance through the inducement of euphoria, memory loss and any other effect of this substance.
  •         (c)  Rape of a child.–A person commits the offense of rape of a child, a felony of the first degree, when the person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant who is less than 13 years of age.
  •         (d)  Rape of a child with serious bodily injury.–A person commits the offense of rape of a child resulting in serious bodily injury, a felony of the first degree, when the person violates this section and the complainant is under 13 years of   age and suffers serious bodily injury in the course of the      offense.
  •         (e)  Sentences.–Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1103 (relating to sentence of  imprisonment for felony), a person convicted of an offense under:
  •             (1)  Subsection (c) shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which shall be fixed by the court at not more than 40 years.
  •             (2)  Subsection (d) shall be sentenced up to a maximum term of life imprisonment.

Our team of Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers are working on your case so that you have the benefit of several attorneys including Lee and using their combined efforts and experience to get you the justice you and your family need.  Get Justice.  

We defend the accused and their families throughout Pennsylvania including but not limited to:  Allentown, Altoona,  Bethlehem, Bloomsburg, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Coudersport, Danville, Downingtown, Doylestown, Dubois, Easton, East Stroudsburg, Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Hazleton, Hershey, Johnstown, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehighton, Levittown, Lewisburg, Lewistown, Lock Haven,  Media, Middleburg, Norristown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Pottstown, Pottsville, Reading, Selinsgrove, Scranton, Somerset, Springfield, State College, Sunbury, Towanda, Upper Darby, Wellsboro, West Chester, Willow Grove, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport and York.  Our Philadelphia Center City location is:  Two Penn Center Plaza, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA  and we make ourselves available to meet with you locally throughout Pennsylvania.  Our business and mailing address is 135 East State Street, Kennett Square PA 19348 in Chester County Pennsylvania. 

When you have been accused of rape in Pennsylvania, you need justice; and you need a top criminal defense lawyer with years of experience winning the tough cases:  contact the Justice for the Accused Criminal defense team today.  Contact us 24/7 at (215) 515-6111.