Convicted:
2014, 
LDS positions: Sunday school, - During crime: Unknown position,
- LDS mission:
unknown
Criminal case(s): Convicted, Jail, Probation, Registered sex offender, 
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James Hunsaker was a Mormon church member in Bountiful, Utah.
Hunsaker was convicted in 2014 of two Class A misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail and one year of probation.
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1. BOUNTIFUL CITY vs. JAMES BOYD HUNSAKER - CASE NUMBER 131800423
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT - BOUNTIFUL DISTRICT COURT
DAVIS COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
BOUNTIFUL CITY vs. JAMES BOYD HUNSAKER
CASE NUMBER 131800423 Other Misdemeanor
CHARGES
Charge 1 - 76-9-702.1 - SEXUAL BATTERY - Class A Misdemeanor
Offense Date: October 20, 2013
Plea: February 03, 2014 Guilty
Disposition: February 03, 2014 Guilty
Charge 2 - 76-9-702.1 - SEXUAL BATTERY - Class A Misdemeanor
Offense Date: October 20, 2013
Plea: November 18, 2013 Not Guilty
Disposition: February 03, 2014 Dismissed (w/o prej)SENTENCE JAIL
Based on the defendant's conviction of SEXUAL BATTERY aClass A Misdemeanor, the defendant is sentenced to a termof 365 day(s) in the Davis County Jail. The total timesuspended for this charge is 305 day(s).ORDER OF PROBATION
The defendant is placed on probation for 12 month(s).
Probation is to be supervised by DISTRICT COURT.
Defendant to serve 60 day(s) jail.
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