Geraldine Marie Sanchez was earlier found guilty by a jury of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree, and sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree.
Wiseman told Sanchez to report to the Department of Corrections on Oct. 6 to start serving her term.
Sanchez is to be released on Sept. 30, 2018, the court said.
“The court in not without compassion for this situation. However, it is for the Legislature to make such accommodations as urged by [Sanchez] and not the court,” Wiseman said in his written sentence and commitment order yesterday.
Through her defense counsel, Assistant Public Defender Michael Curtis Brown, Sanchez argued that “because the victim was about to turn 16 during the week of the incident and if he was 16 when it happened, it would be a 4th degree crime of sexual abuse, subject to a maximum term of one year.”
Assistant Attorney General Brian D. Gallagher, who prosecuted the case, recommended a 15-year total jail sentence for the first degree sexual abuse crime, and a 10-year sentence for the second degree sexual abuse crime, both terms to run concurrently.
“Our public laws represent the will and sentiment of the people of the community and when it comes to sexual abuse of a minor, they have spoken loud and clear, with harsh sentences such as a 30-year and 10-year jail terms for the 1st and 2nd degree sexual abuse of a minor, respectively. As harsh as they may seem some jurisdictions impose the death penalty or life imprisonment for certain types of sexual abuse cases,” Wiseman said.
He sentenced Sanchez to a term of 12 years imprisonment for sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree, all suspended except for the mandatory eight years without parole, with credit for six days already served.
For the sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree, Wiseman sentenced Sanchez to a jail term of seven years.
Both terms will run concurrently, Wiseman ordered.
In addition, he required Sanchez to submit to HIV testing within 30 days of sentencing.
The result will be released to the victim advocate section of the Attorney General’s Office.
Sanchez will also register as a sex offender, pay a $100 fine, a $100 special assessment fee, and a probation fee to be determined by the Adult Probation Office.
Wiseman ordered Sanchez not to have any contact with her victim until he reaches the age of 18.
“In this case, [Sanchez] took advantage of one under her care who was a minor. Even if the court accepted the defendant’s version that the minor solicited sex from her, which the court does not believe, [Sanchez] still had an obligation as an adult to reject such advances and to try to teach him why it was wrong to do so,” Wiseman said.
