Post by Logan on Feb 16, 2016 20:34:32 GMT -6
RARITAN — A New Jersey appellate court upheld an earlier decision to rule a teen delinquent after he grabbed and molested a woman in front of her three children as they entered a gym in 2013.
The teen, referred to in court documents by the initials T.T., argued that he was traumatized by watching a pornographic movie two years before the incident and it left him with uncontrollable urges.
A two-judge panel, however, rejected the teen's appeal in a ruling handed up on Feb. 11.
If he had been tried as an adult, the court stated, he would have been found guilty of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Because he was under 18, he was ruled a delinquent. He had also pleaded guilty to two other incidents involving women in 2013.
Read more: www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2016/02/raritan_teen.html
The teen, referred to in court documents by the initials T.T., argued that he was traumatized by watching a pornographic movie two years before the incident and it left him with uncontrollable urges.
A two-judge panel, however, rejected the teen's appeal in a ruling handed up on Feb. 11.
If he had been tried as an adult, the court stated, he would have been found guilty of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Because he was under 18, he was ruled a delinquent. He had also pleaded guilty to two other incidents involving women in 2013.
Read more: www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2016/02/raritan_teen.html