12. Jimmy is at Sharky’s Night Club and asks a woman to dance. As he and the woman are dancing Jimmy pulls the woman close and puts both hands on her buttocks and squeezes. The woman says, “please don’t touch me like that” and exits from the dance floor. What crimes has Jimmy committed?Group of answer choicesA. Sexual Battery MisdemeanorB. Sexual Battery FelonyC. SodomyD. IncestNext
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- Jimmy is at Sharky’s Night Club and asks a woman to dance. As he and the woman are dancing Jimmy pulls the woman close and puts both hands on her buttocks and squeezes. The woman says, “please don’t touch me like that” and exits from the dance floor. What crimes has Jimmy committed?Group of answer choicesA. Sexual Battery MisdemeanorB. Sexual Battery FelonyC. SodomyD. IncestNext
Solution
Jimmy has committed A. Sexual Battery Misdemeanor. This is because he touched the woman inappropriately without her consent, even after she asked him not to. This constitutes as Sexual Battery, and since there was no penetration or use of a deadly weapon, it is classified as a misdemeanor and not a felony.
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