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Date: 02-24-2022
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Court: Circuit Court, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Plaintiff's Attorney: Miriam Johnson and Andrew Coyle
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Description: Chattanooga, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant chaged with rape.
Romalace Williams, age 17, was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl on the stage at the Brainerd High School.
Defendant claimed that the girl consented to the sex.
Tennessee state law defines statutory rape as sexual penetration with a child who is between the ages of 13 and 18-years-old by someone who is at least four years older. This is the case even if both people are willing participants in the interaction as the legal age for consent in the state is 18-years-old. Therefore, those under 18 cannot agree to have sexual intercourse in the eyes of the law.
Outcome: Not guilty.
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