Sexual Assault can be charged for a number of different reasons in Castle Rock and Douglas County, including allegations of no consent due to intoxication or drugging. A pharmacist was recently arrested for Sex Assault after his Tinder date claimed she was drugged. According to the report, the two ended up at his apartment and the last thing the woman remembers was going out on the balcony then waking up the next morning in his bed. The man admitted to her that they had sex that night, but she did not remember it. Interestingly, after waking up, they had sex again, but the victim claims she was still not sober.
Douglas County Sexual Assault Lawyer: Definition of Sexual Assault
The Douglas County, Colorado law definition of Sex Assault as it relates to a drugged or intoxicated victim – C.R.S. 18-3-402(1)(h) – is:
“Colorado law has established that when someone is drunk or drugged, they are physically not capable of consenting. So, even if the pharmacist had not drugged the woman, the fact that she had been drinking would be enough to argue that she did not consent.(1) Any actor who knowingly inflicts sexual intrusion or sexual penetration on a victim commits sexual assault if:
(h) The victim is physically helpless and the actor knows the victim is physically helpless and the victim has not consented.”
Sentence for Pharmacist Sexual Assault in Highlands Ranch
In Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch, and Parker, Sexual Assault charged under subsection (h) I s a class 3 felony, punishable by an indeterminate sentence to the Colorado Department of Corrections. In this case, the Douglas County judge would set the minimum amount of time the man would spend in prison and the maximum would be set at life. After he has served his minimum, he would be able to appear in front of the parole board, but the decision to release him would be in their hands. Should they feel he is not ready, they can keep him incarcerated indefinitely.
