i don't think that exist. i think most states have a 2 year older leeway period for just this situation.
It depends entirely on the state. Some states only reduce severity within that range. (In California it's always a crime. Two 17 year olds having sex are both committing a crime against each other!)
In places where it's an issue they just don't bother prosecuting borderline cases where nobody's complaining, even though they can, because it's just not worth their time, and if they did, a huge portion of the population would have a criminal record.
I don't think it will ever be an issue for Chris unless a really demented underage ween decides to get disgusting with Chris just so they can get Chris arrested (and at this point probably sent to prison for violation of the terms of his release).
Heilberg is court appointed counsel, and I don't know anything about Heilberg.
I thought this was charged as misdemeanor incest from the onset.
Incest with own mother always reads as a felony charge in the system. It's not that there's a separate "felony" or "misdemeanor" charge, the code violated is the same. The only difference is the venue where they prosecute it, and what the eventual sentence is.
In J&DR it was effectively a misdemeanor because that's all they could do there until they indicted him. Now that it's going to circuit, it's entirely up to the prosecutor and the court whether it becomes a felony or a misdemeanor, and there won't really be a distinction until sentencing. For the purposes of Chris being in jail until then, it's a felony.
Technically the prosecutor could lower it to a misdemeanor right now but he could've done that by just not getting an indictment, so he's not going to do that. Technically also the grand jury could do that but that's not going to happen. From now on it will be a felony until either a plea deal lowers it (possible, but looking less likely as this goes on, and a plea deal will probably keep it as a felony) or it goes to trial and the court takes pity on Chris (fat fucking chance).
My point still stands that anyone who can list the age of consent by state is creepy.
I'll do one better. I can list the states where it's legal to fuck your mom.