Sex Crimes / Child Sexual Abuse

San Jose Sex Crimes & Child Sexual Abuse Attorneys

Sex Crimes • Child Sexual Abuse

Our Lawyers Have Over 100 Years of Combined Experience in the Bay Area

At the law offices of Hinkle, Jachimowicz, Pointer & Emanuel, located in San Jose, California, our goal is to vigorously defend Californians who have been charged or accused of criminal offenses including sex crime charges (child sexual abuse, child pornography, sexual assault, or prostitution).

Experience Counts. Our San Jose sex crimes lawyers have handled thousands of criminal cases. We can help you.

Santa Clara County is cracking down on sex offenses. Community service sentences are no longer the norm - judges want to see people convicted of prostitution and soliciting locked up in jail, and they're handing out longer sentences. If you've been charged with soliciting a prostitute, or charged with engaging in prostitution, you need a San Jose prostitution attorney with knowledge and experience in handling such cases.

Serious charges require a serious defense. At Hinkle, Jachimowicz, Pointer & Emanuel, our sex crimes lawyers headed by former police officer, John Hinkle, and Certified Criminal Law Specialist, Richard Pointer, bring a unique perspective to their practice. Two of our expert criminal defense partners worked in law enforcement, giving them a first-hand understanding of police procedures and investigative techniques. They understand the case against you and they understand the weak points in that case.

We defend people charged with all levels of sex crimes including the following:

• Prostitution and solicitation
• Keeping a house of prostitution
• Importing women for prostitution
• Child sexual abuse, child molestation
• Child pornography, possession and distribution
• Internet pornography
• Sexual assault
• Sexual battery
• Forcible rape
• Statutory rape (sex with a minor)
• Date rape

Child Abuse/Molestation

Often when a client is accused of child sexual abuse, the accusation is made by someone who may have a wish or motive to hurt the accused. This can be an ex-spouse, a disgruntled relative, neighbour, or co-worker. When this happens, often a complaint is made to the police without the knowledge of the accused. The first news the accused may have is when they receive what is known as "pre-text" phone call from the accusing adult or a child who often has been given a script by the police and whose telephone call is being recorded secretly by the police. The person receiving the call is told, often in a very unaccusing manner, that "the child is feeling very badly about what happened between the accused and the child." Often, the person making the call will be encouraged by law enforcement to attempt to get the accused person to admit some level of participation if only to say "that they were sorry if anything ever happened." Unfortunately, sometimes people receiving these calls are confused by the phone call and out of frustration, ultimately say words to the effect that they are sorry if the child has been hurt or bothered. This will be used by the police as a confession often when there's nothing to confess about at all!

If you or someone you love has been, accused, with cause or wrongfully of child sexual molestation, you will need the best possible attorney handling your child sexual molestation case. This is even more true if there is any element of truth to the accusation. The criminal defense trial experts of Hinkle, Jachimowicz, Pointer & Emanuel have the experience you need. Attorney Richard Pointer is a Certified Criminal Defense Specialist (California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization), John Hinkle and Albie Jachimowicz, both former police officers, bring their unique backgrounds and abilities to the handling of child molestation cases. We have the knowledge to bring in specialists in determining that our client is not a pedophile (primary sexual interest in children), and other experts to testify on child abuse accommodation syndrome and children's memory formation or recovered memory formation. These cases require a forceful defense of the client as they can result in sentences potentially involving many years in prison if not life in prison, lifetime registration as a sex offender, electronic monitoring as a sex offender as well as placement on Megan's list as a sex offender, not to mention devastating effects on your employment and family.

Don't let a sex crime charge change your life forever; contact the rape and sexual assault defense law firm of Hinkle, Jachimowicz, Pointer & Emanuel immediately. Our San Jose criminal defense attorneys offer a free face-to-face consultation and can work out a payment plan in most situations.