No. A 15 yr old can't give consent in that state. He was convicted of rape, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, aggravated sodomy and aggravated child molestation using his own tape. The jury saw underage drinking and drug use. The also saw the 17 yr old locked in a bathroom between "uses".
He was found guilty by a jury. He has been offered a deal in which he will be released for time served and NOT be on the registry. He refused. He wants to be declared innocent. He's not. The 10 yr sentence is mandatory in that state.
You'd be screaming bloody murder if he'd been 25 or 30.
If he were 25 or 30 it would be a different case, but he was only 17. In most states he would still be under the age of consent. The sentence I feel was over kill, as does the judge who overturned the sentence.