Q: 16 year old son charged with indecent behavior with a juvenile. The girl is 13. What kind of sentence is he looking at?
State of Louisiana, never been in trouble with the law.
A: More information is needed in order to give a better answer/assessment. Because it is possible that the 16 year old can be prosecuted as a juvenile or prosecuted as an adult, it is important to hire a lawyer immediately to try to steer this case to the juvenile court as well as to begin mitigation and defense of the 16 year old. There is a big different between prosecution and consequences in juvenile court as opposed to adult court. Good luck.
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