Lafave May Negotiate Plea Deal
POSTED: Tuesday, March 22, 2005
UPDATED: 9:54 pm EST March 22,
2005
A middle school teacher charged with having sex with a 14-year-old former student will attempt to negotiate a plea agreement to avoid a trial, attorneys said Tuesday.
In a case that garnered international attention, investigators have said that Lafave had sex with the boy at her Riverview town house, in a portable classroom at Greco Middle School and in the back of her sport utility vehicle while his 15-year-old cousin drove them around the Ocala area.
The affair cost LaFave her career as a teacher as well as her marriage, according to the report.Judge Wayne Timmerman postponed Lafave's trial nearly three months to July 18 to allow both sides to discuss a possible plea agreement. He added that if a deal is not reached, the trial would not be put off again.If the case goes to trial, Lafave will claim she was insane at the time of the alleged encounters with the student, said John Fitzgibbons, her attorney.Fitzgibbons said a psychiatrist hired by the defense has interviewed Lafave. The defense is waiting for a similar interview from a state psychiatrist. Then both sides will sit down for a "serious discussion," Fitzgibbons said."I think there would be a lot of advantages for both the prosecution and the defense to resolve this case without a trial," Fitzgibbons said.Lafave faces up to 15 years in prison on charges of lewd and lascivious battery.Her trial is now scheduled to begin July 18.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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Lafave May Negotiate Plea Deal Previous Stories:
- March 15, 2005: Fla. Teacher Pleads No Contest To Having Sex With Teen
- December 31, 2004: Teacher To Plead Insanity In Student Sex Case
Copyright 2006 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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