Showing posts with label double jeopardy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label double jeopardy. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Motions filed for Ma'Lik Richmond

Attorney argues that sex offender classification is unconstitutional

STEUBENVILLE - An attorney representing Ma'Lik Richmond in his rape case in juvenile court is arguing a sex offender classification is unconstitutional because it subjects Richmond to double jeopardy.
Richmond, 16, of Steubenville in March was found delinquent of a charge of rape in connection with an incident involving an underage girl that happened last August.
Retired Juvenile Judge Tom Lipps sentenced Richmond and Trent Mays, 17, of Bloomingdale to a minimum of one year in a Department of Youth Services facility. Mays also was sentenced to another minimum of one year after he was found delinquent of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material for having a picture of the 16-year-old victim in an outgoing text message on his cell phone.