The maximum sentence that the 17 year old could receive would be 6 months. this law is known as misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
- When a person who is seventeen years of age or older engages in sexual activity with a person who is thirteen years of age or older but under seventeen, with their consent, when the victim is not the offender's spouse and when there is a difference in age of more than two years but less than four years, it is a misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
- Here the 17 year old commits a sexual battery with 15 year old with consent. the 15 year old is below 17 and the person committing the crime is 17 hence this is a case of misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
- The punishment for misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile is a maximum fine of $1,000 or a maximum sentence of six months in jail, or both.
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