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Sex Crimes Defense Attorneys - Bay Area, California

Experienced Sex Crimes Defense.

The sex crimes lawyers at the Law Offices Of Robert Beles have been aggressively defending clients throughout the Bay Area, whether you have been accused of sexual assault in Oakland, or indecent exposure in Berkley. If you are facing allegations of any type of sexual misconduct from Antioch to San Jose, our defense attorneys will defend your freedom. We are the sex crimes defense specialist from Richmond, Concord and Walnut Creek to Palo Alto and Santa Clara.

We vigorously represent people accused of all types of sexual misconduct, including child molestation, sexual battery, improper touching, sexual harassment, "date rape," prostitution, pornography, Internet child porn sites, as well as rape, indecent exposure, and sexual addiction. Let a criminal law specialist and our team of experienced investigators and experts help you. To schedule a confidential consultation with one of our sex crime attorneys in Alameda and Contra Costa County, contact the Law Offices of Robert Beles.

Registration as Sex Offender

Lifetime registration as a sex offender can ruin a person's life. Under California Penal Code 290 an individual convicted of most sex crimes is required to register with the local police on their birthday every year for the rest of their life and every time they move to a new city. However, depending on the specifics of your case, a post-conviction remedy may be available to overturn a court order to register as a sex offender. In some instances, a person may have been misinformed of important facts at the time of their plea; in other cases, a certificate of rehabilitation or a motion to vacate a plea can remove the requirement of sex offender registration.

If you have been convicted of a sex crime, our attorneys can evaluate the circumstances surrounding your case and discuss the options available to you for avoiding registration as a sex offender. In other cases, circumstances surrounding your conviction may be grounds for an appeal.

With most crimes, even murder, if you do your time, get paroled, and complete parole, you are not punished for the rest of your life. This is not true with sex offenders. You can be paying for the rest of your life for even a sexual battery.

Call my law offices. We work hard to help you avoid this terrible consequence of registration as a sex offender.

Statute of Limitations

Often child molestation charges come out of the distant past. Somebody is having trouble in life and out of the blue allegedly remembers that they were molested 15-20 years ago. The statute of limitations has changed to allow very old sex abuse charges to be resurrected if certain conditions are met. Call us immediately if some charge of sexual misconduct surfaces. Don't take it lightly because they say it happened 15 years ago. Call us immediately.

Pretext Calls

If you get a call from someone out of the past that wants you to apologize for what you supposedly did years ago, call us. Don't apologize or talk to the caller. You could be being set up by someone calling from the police station trying to get you to say something that the police could use to support an old charge.

Many people faced with such a call give general apologies even though they don't know what the person is talking about. Call us. We'll help.

Child Molestation

Molestation cases begin with police officers contacting you and asking for your side of the story. Whatever you do, don't talk to them. Call us immediately. The police are not your friends. They are not just trying to get the facts. They are trying to convict you. Don't ruin your life. Call us.

If you are a parent and the police want to talk to your son about some girl's allegations of sexual misconduct at school, don't let them talk to your child without an attorney. Contact us now for effective sexual battery or statutory rape defense.

Police are very skilled at encouraging people to talk. Be polite. Say you'd like to talk to an attorney. Then run, don't walk, to the nearest phone and call us.

If people would follow this simple advice, they could avoid much grief.

Defense of Rape and Date Rape Charges

Increasingly common are allegations of rape after what has been a consensual sexual relationship. Don't let your son be punished because a vindictive ex-girlfriend claims rape. We have extensive experience in defending this frequently charged crime. We have represented professional athletes and members of other professions such as doctors and lawyers accused of this ever-popular false charge. Often Robert Beles and his daughter Anne team up to defend these high-profile cases.

For more information about the defense of sex-related crimes, see our Sex Offenses Information Center.

Prostitution and Solicitation

Whether you're a woman charged with prostitution by undercover cops or a "john" set up by policewomen pretending to be prostitutes, we can help. Years of experience defending against prostitution and solicitation charges guide us in presenting your defense. Frequently the police go too far. Motions to dismiss based on entrapment or outrageous government conduct is our stock in trade. We have that special experience.

Therapy

Don't make admissions to therapists about any sexual activity before consulting an attorney. Call us. We will explain to you that the therapist may be required to notify the police. Many well-meaning people are told by well-meaning family members to just go to therapy only to find the police knocking on their door. Call us first. Avoid grief, avoid jail, avoid registration, and avoid disgrace.

Internet Posting of Photos, Names, and Addresses

Recent laws will put your photo, address, and crime on the Internet for all to see. Under the guise of protecting the public, zealous lawmakers have made sex offenders the subjects of modern day witch hunts. The posting has no logic to it. Pedophiliac sexual predators are lumped together with one-time teen molesters. The public doesn't know and the lawmakers don't care. It's good politics to throw stones at all sexual offenders. Call my law offices. We fight these witch hunts with all legal ways at our disposal. Don't wait for some nut to throw a brick through your window. We work hard to help protect you and your family.

Pornography

One minute you can be surfing the net and the next you can be allegedly committing a crime in the privacy of your own home. Visit the wrong site and the police will be breaking down your door, seizing your computer, and searching the hard drive for all of the sites you have ever visited, looking for suspected "child pornography."

Call us to prevent this disaster. We are frequently able to prevent prosecution altogether when clients bring investigations to our attention in time. If necessary, we hire computer experts to analyze the strength of a case and plan effective defense strategies accordingly.

Web Sites

We have extensive experience representing people using the web to make a living. Frequently, legitimate message parlors or escort services are targeted by law enforcement. We've helped many companies and individuals set up a legitimate web site that does not violate the law.

Web businesses can also be targeted for tax evasion, including sales taxes allegedly owed for interstate sales over the Internet. We have experience in this area and can help.

If your company operates on the Internet and wants to avoid the devastating results of a criminal investigation, call us. We have the experience to help.

To schedule a consultation now with an experienced sexual crimes defense lawyer, contact the Law Offices of Robert Beles