What is Fourth Degree Sexual Assault?

The Milwaukee criminal defense attorneys at Birdsall Obear & Associates have decades of experience being the top sexual assault attorneys in Milwaukee and Sheboygan. A Class A misdemeanor for fourth degree sexual assault in Milwaukee carries penalties of 9 months in jail, $10,000 in fines or both.

Fourth Degree Sexual Assault, according to Section 940.225(3m) of the Wisconsin Statutes:

1. Except as provided in sub. (3), whoever has sexual contact with a person without the consent of that person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.Except as provided in sub. (3), whoever has sexual contact with a person without the consent of that person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

Sub (3) references third degree sexual assault, which focuses on sexual contact stemming from ejaculation, or emission of feces or urine.

Wisconsin penalty for Fourth Degree Sexual Assault: 9 months. A fourth degree sexual assault charge does not require the defendant register as a sex offender.

The state must be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, each of the following:

1. That the defendant had sexual contact with the victim; and
2. That the victim did not consent to the sexual contact.

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Attorneys John A. Birdsall and Kirk B. Obear are Milwaukee criminal attorneys who have won countless cases over the past decades. Their aggressive defense strategy is unsurpassed and has placed them among the best Criminal Defense Lawyers in Milwaukee.

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